Article
French
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Abstract
Does the explanation of an individual's actions justify the explained acts? To answer this question, on the one hand, it is necessary to clarify what an ‘explanation’ means. The old distinction between explaining and understanding human action is heuristic. On the other hand, it is necessary to show the relationship of these two ways of analyzing responsibility, moral rules and laws. Explanation and moral rule are heterogeneous while understanding and moral rule are contiguous because understanding is acted under a description of a rule known and shared by people and sociologists alike. It turns out that, if the explanation is fundamentally indifferent to the moral rule, understanding includes justification without excluding the excuse when there is agreement to the people’s reported speech. This article develops a reflection sparked by the French Prime Minister, M. Valls, when he stated in 2016 that sociological explanations excuse people's actions. The virtue of reflection caused by this reflection is to urge each sociologist to explain the epistemological posture he adopts in his practice of the discipline.