Editing Culpability (section)

==Concept==
The concept of culpability is intimately tied up with notions of [[moral agency|agency]], freedom, and [[free will]]. All are commonly held to be [[necessary condition|necessary]], but not [[sufficient condition|sufficient]], conditions for culpability.

{{blockquote|A person is culpable if they cause a negative event and<br />(1) the act was intentional;<br />(2) the act and its consequences could have been controlled (i.e., the agent knew the likely consequences, the agent was not coerced, and the agent overcame hurdles to make the event happen); and<br />(3) the person provided no excuse or [[justification (jurisprudence)|justification]] for the actions.<ref>Blair H. Sheppard, Roy J. Lewicki, John W. Minton, ''Organizational Justice: The Search for Fairness in the Workplace'', p. 59.</ref>}}