wrongdoing
activity that transgresses moral or civil law
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain wrongdoing as a moral and legal concept, relay legal elements such as actus reus and categories such as torts and crimes from legal and ethics sources in general terms, describe the named wrongs, and distinguish wrongdoing from crime specifically, from sin, from mistakes and from the actus reus as one element, without personal legal advice.
In the WordNet sense, activity that transgresses moral or civil law, also called wrongful conduct or misconduct, including in law the actus reus or guilty act element of a crime, and specific wrongs the registry aliases name such as trespass, an unlawful intrusion onto land or against a person, and brutalisation, cruel or degrading treatment; these are kinds or legal components of wrongdoing rather than synonyms.
What it is for: Not applicable; a moral and legal concept.
It can be explain the concept; relay legal elements in general terms; describe named wrongs; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Moral or legal breach
Civil and criminal
Legal elements
Named wrongs
What it looks like
Not a visible object; conduct.
Physical character
WordNet hypernym: transgression note
criminal elements: actus reus and mens rea list - common law
trespass: to land, goods or person note - tort law
How it is recognised
Conduct that breaks moral or civil law
Wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus, trespass, brutalisation
Crimes are legally defined offences; sin is religious; mistakes lack wrongful intent; actus reus is one element of a crime
Related models
is a kind of - in WordNet terms
includes -
has element - in criminal law
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
criminal offences
torts such as trespass
professional misconduct
moral wrongs
abuse and brutalisation
Identifiers
WordNet oewn-00408356-n hypernym of wrongdoing
Standards and regulation
Criminal and tort law
Professional conduct codes
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal legal advice
Confusing moral and legal wrongs
Treating hyponyms as synonyms
Analytical facets
- substance
- activity
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What wrongdoing is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is wrongdoing, and how does it differ from crime, sin, mistakes and actus reus? definition
- Is the question general, or about a personal legal situation or abuse needing a lawyer or support services? boundary
Kinds
Named wrongs.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are misconduct, actus reus, trespass and brutalisation? definition
- Which entry fits the specific wrong? action
Law Law.
Regulation.
Criminal
Criminal law.
Criminal
Criminal.
- How do actus reus and mens rea combine in criminal liability, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Civil
Civil wrongs.
Civil
Civil.
- What are torts such as trespass, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Ethics Ethics.
Attribution.
Moral
Moral wrongs.
Moral
Moral.
- How do ethical theories define wrongdoing, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits ethics? action
Professional
Misconduct.
Professional
Professional.
- How do professions define and discipline misconduct? provenance
- Which entry fits professional ethics? action
Context Language.
Context.
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How are wrongdoing, misconduct and wrongful conduct used differently? provenance
- Which entry fits misconduct? action
Abuse
Abuse and cruelty.
Abuse
Abuse.
- What does brutalisation mean, and where can victims of abuse find help? provenance
- Which entry fits abuse? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should actus reus be a separate entry?
- How should legal sources be linked?
- The registry aliases include legal components and specific wrongs; how should they be recorded?