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At what age are you responsible for your own actions?
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The age at which a child legally becomes an adult varies from state to state, but in most states that age is 18. Most states that have parental responsibility laws have established the rule that parents can be held responsible for the acts of their child only until the child reaches 18 years of age.
Why is 21 the age of responsibility?
And one of the reasons – the reason states raised the age to 21 is that Congress passed a law saying if you didn’t raise the age to 21, you would lost 10 percent of your highway funds. So all 50 states made 21 the drinking age.
Why is taking responsibility for your actions important?
Why Taking Responsibility is Important Taking ownership and responsibility for your actions is an important part of healthy relationships. Doing so is an empowering reminder that you have control over the role you play in your relationship. Taking responsibility creates trust and dependability.
When can a person be held responsible for their actions?
A person is usually only held responsible if she had some control over the outcome of events. The subject has to have knowledge of and be able to consider the possible consequences of her actions. We tend to excuse someone from blame if they could not have known that their actions would lead to a harmful event.
Where does your sense of responsibility come from?
Your sense of responsibility can come from your family members, friends or from something you see on TV. However, you can hear and see a lot of different things, both good and bad. That is why your sense of responsibility depends solely on you. You choose your own behavior, actions and words.
When is it appropriate to ascribe moral responsibility?
However, the circumstances under which it is appropriate to ascribe moral responsibility are not always clear. On the one hand the concept has varying meanings and debates continue on what sets moral responsibility apart from other kinds of responsibility (Hart 1968).
Can a person be held morally responsible for an accident?
In order for a person to be held morally responsible for a particular event, she has to be able to exert some kind of influence on that event. It does not make sense to blame someone for an accident if she could not have avoided it by acting differently or if she had no control over the events leading up to the accident.