The concept of civil and moral responsibility

Kambovski, Igor (2023) The concept of civil and moral responsibility. In: International scientific conference - “Legal gaps and the completeness of law“, 28 Oct 2023, Pale, Rep. Srpska (Bosnia and Hercegovina). (In Press)

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Abstract

In the broadest sense, responsibility can be defined as giving an account of one's own actions before an authority which, according to pre-determined rules, evaluates their correctness and, in the case of an unfavorable verdict, applies a certain sanction. Responsibility consists in having the action (behavior) of the subject evaluated by a court that is separate from him and impartial. Responsibility can be individual and collective. Individual responsibility is determined by the norm and is a formalized personal responsibility. Collective responsibility can be general and joint. Criminal, civil, disciplinary, moral, political and other types of responsibilities differ in the content of responsibilities and the manner of punishments and consequences. Responsibility is one of the terms that form the basis of human nature (society-culture-personality) and human relations in the community. As a multi-layered and ambiguous concept, responsibility can be viewed from different aspects: philosophical, moral, legal, political and others. Individual responsibility implies responsible action and behavior towards oneself, relatives, others around oneself, profession, nature, close groups and the whole community, i.e. state and society. Without a developed capacity for responsibility, there is no responsible individual, nor what makes an individual a person and a social being. In law, criminal, civil, and tort liability share certain characteristics that distinguish them from moral or political liability. In criminal and civil liability, the behavior of the individual is reviewed; a set of norms according to which the correctness of behavior is evaluated are legal rules; the court is competent for assessment, and the sanction is a fine or compensation for damages, i.e. a legal sanction. In the case of moral responsibility, the set of norms by which the correctness of behavior is judged are the rules of morality, generally accepted rules of good behavior, actually moral imperatives; the instance before which the subject is responsible is his consciousness and conscience, but also the environment in which he lives and works; the basis of responsibility is guilt; and the sanction is a guilty conscience, that is, a moral sanction.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Igor Kambovski
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2023 12:26
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2023 12:26
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32813

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