Spanish C2 · Day 51
Day 51: Azar moral y límites al atribuir culpa — Paraphrasing and summarising (part 1)
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- Grammar: Paraphrasing and summarising (part 1)
- Reading: La línea entre dos volantes
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Grammar point: Paraphrasing and summarising (part 1)
A precise research summary preserves the logical strength of the source while reducing its wording. In reports on blame under moral luck, this means keeping four elements distinct: the comparison, the harm, the permitted margin, and the population analysed. Consider: «En las imprudencias equivalentes, la culpa por el azar no superó el umbral fijado.» A faithful paraphrase is: «En imprudencias equivalentes, la culpa …
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- el azar moral – moral luck: the part chance plays in moral judgment
- la responsabilidad por el desenlace – responsibility for the action's result
- la censurabilidad – blameworthiness
- la evitabilidad – avoidability
- la condición de control – condition requiring control for responsibility
- la adscripción del acto / la adscripción del resultado – ascription of an act / ascription of its outcome
- el reproche de talante – reproach aimed at someone's underlying attitude
- la exculpación – clearing of blame; formal or technical
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