The account-giving framework distinguishes excuses, which limit responsibility for undesirable conduct, from justifications, which contest its wrongfulness. Audience responses depend on evidence, circumstances, and norms. This helps separate disputes over responsibility from disputes over standards; an explanation’s social acceptance does not establish its accuracy.
- FamilyModel
- CategoryAnalytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
- DomainConversation & Relationships
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.