8217;t know what to do, you cantbe held accountable for what happens to that person.When something comes down to a situation that you cantcontrol it is called a Constraint. A constraint may be eitherexternal or internal. External constraint refers to outsidefactors. Like when a bank teller is held up at gun point and isforced to hand over his or here’s money. This is a action againstwill. Of course the bank teller did not want to give up themoney, but he or she had not choice.Internal constraint comes from inside rather than fromsomeone else. Craving, impulses, desire, urges are all examplesof internal constraints. Somebody that has a disorder like akleptomaniac really cannot be held responsible for shoplifting.But yet we would blame a robber who carefully orchestrated therobbery of a bank while feeling no inner compulsion to carry outthe plan. Similarly, we would blame a patients who throwdestructive and disruptive temper tantrums while fully in controlof their actions.Uncontrollable circumstances are basically self expiatory.When, in our estimation, the circumstances of an act are beyondthe person’s control, we generally excuse the behavior. There aremany circumstantial excuses that we readily accept as right.Illness, accidents, and unexpected duties are typical cases. Forexample you cannot blame a employee for being late due to trafficfrom a car accident. He or she couldn’t control the traffic sothere is no way he or she could be blamed. Ordinarily, we excuse actions when we think that people lackeither the ability or the opportunity to do the right act. if aman can’t swim, we wouldn’t blame him or her for not jumping intothe pool to save a drowning child. Although we might blame himfor not getting help or throwing something in for the child.Similarly, if the man could swim but failed to save the childbecause he saw her only when it was too late, he lacked theopportunity to save the child. Therefore ...
