Carrie Preston

The heroines in 'That's What She Said' are flawed, messy, damaged, hilarious and culpable and not really concerned about being acceptable to the audience in any traditional sense, which for me is what makes them all the more gorgeous. And the fearless truth of that is what makes it funny.

American Actress

Katie Piper

The trial of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has kept me fascinated and shocked in equal measure. But like many women, I was relieved this week when he was found guilty of culpable homicide after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

English Writer

David Attenborough

If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them.

British Journalist

Vikram Seth

Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard.

Indian Novelist

Akiva ben Joseph

He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.

Clergyman

Lisa Gansky

I've felt a little culpable that we entrepreneurs often invent businesses just to drive people to buy more things.

American Businesswoman

Victor Hugo

A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.

French Author

Brad Pitt

I feel like I have to share whatever I can. You're culpable if you don't act.

Actor

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

I can say that I have not done any culpable violation of the constitution.

Filipino Statesman

Steve Carell

Everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes and is culpable.

American Actor

Often used in legal contexts where someone may face consequences for their actions.

Legal Implications

Suggests a violation of ethics or morals, not just legal fault.

Moral Responsibility

Typically paired with words like 'found', 'held', and 'deemed' to indicate judgement.

Common Collocations

Stresses individual accountability for negative events or outcomes.

Personal Responsibility

Highlights a person's direct role in causing something detrimental.

Causality Emphasized

Not typically used for minor mistakes or errors; reserved for serious wrongdoing.

Avoiding Trivial Use

 say the united states or other wealthy countries don't you know take this equitable approach that we will be morally culpable for more deaths well the foundation's motto is all lives have equal value and uh the foreign aid that rich

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 which are buried deep inside your brain somewhere and which trigger automatically, then who's responsible, who is responsible when you behave badly? You are. Not because you're culpable for your emotions,

Culpable

Legal Implications

Moral Responsibility

Common Collocations

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