Re: Responsibility vs accountability LO3379

Dr. Ivan Blanco (BLANCO@BU4090.BARRY.EDU)
Mon, 23 Oct 1995 11:12:25 -0400 (EDT)

Replying to LO3247 --

> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:12:47 -0400
> From: GMBrady@aol.com
>
> I've been told that the concept of guilt in the English sense isn't found
> in Spanish either. Is this true and, if it is, might this be related to
> the absence of the concept of accountability?

I wish! I would have had an easier time in the past ! Seriously
now, the term does exist. "Culpa," "culpable," and "culpabilidad" are
some of the forms used. They are used in a negative sense, most of the
time, as guilty for a crime or a problem.

Ivan

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