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<p>In <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a>, moral responsibility is the status of <a href="/facts/Morality/CSjHHvff">morally</a> <a href="/facts/Desert_(philosophy)/teXCbGIN">deserving</a> <a href="/facts/Praise/FB4AsukD">praise</a>, <a href="/facts/Blame/tRhnMUxz">blame</a>, <a href="/facts/Reward_(psychology)/fotI0rcM">reward</a>, or <a href="/facts/Punishment/1eNwt547">punishment</a> for an act or omission in accordance with one's <a href="/facts/Moral_obligation/FXaDeU8v">moral obligations</a>. Deciding what (if anything) counts as "morally obligatory" is a principal concern of <a href="/facts/Ethics/wNVNgL5q">ethics</a>. </p><p>Philosophers refer to people who have moral responsibility for an action as "<a href="/facts/Moral_agents/2T3BjB94">moral agents</a>". Agents have the capability to reflect upon their situation, to form <a href="/facts/Intention/ahzUpq2G">intentions</a> about how they will act, and then to carry out that action. The notion of <a href="/facts/Free_will/LwkImELQ">free will</a> has become an important issue in the debate on whether individuals are ever morally responsible for their actions and, if so, in what sense. <a href="/facts/Incompatibilist/g51vFRMU">Incompatibilists</a> regard <a href="/facts/Determinism/NhvNlAbe">determinism</a> as at odds with free will, whereas <a href="/facts/Compatibilist/70oKrKBc">compatibilists</a> think the two can coexist. </p><p>Moral responsibility does not necessarily equate to <a href="/facts/Legal_liability/GKRNLqIY">legal responsibility</a>. A person is legally responsible for an event when a legal system is liable to penalise that person for that event. Although it may often be the case that when a person is morally responsible for an act, they are also legally responsible for it, the two states do not always coincide. </p><p>Preferential promoters of the concept of personal responsibility (or some popularization thereof) may include (for example) parents, managers, politicians, <a href="/facts/Technocracy/9vJ0qoE0">technocrats</a>, <a href="/facts/Large-group_awareness_training/3kELjDF4">large-group awareness trainings</a> (LGATs), and religious groups. </p><p>Some[<i>who?</i>] see individual responsibility as an important component of <a href="/facts/Neoliberalism/UfqKadhe">neoliberalism</a>. </p>