süüddimõistmine
Süüddimõistmine is a term used in Estonian philosophy and cognitive psychology to describe the cognitive and affective process by which guilt and responsibility are attributed and interpreted. The word combines süü (guilt or fault) and mõistmine (understanding or grasping). In scholarly use, süüddimõistmine refers to how people judge whether an agent acted with intentionality, whether the consequences were foreseeable, and how blame should be distributed within social or legal contexts.
The concept encompasses attribution processes, including assessments of agency, intentionality, foreseeability, and the relevance of context.
Süüddimõistmine is often distinguished from related notions. It is different from süütunne, the subjective feeling of
In practice, the concept is discussed in legal theory, restorative justice, education, and AI ethics, where understanding