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- Saxby Pridmore and Elizabeth Walker.
- University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia. s.pridmore@utas.edu.au
- Australas Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 1;19(2):110-2.
AimThis paper aims to examine the nature of excuses.ConclusionThe making of excuses is sometimes roundly condemned. However, an excuse is a reason offered in application for exemption from a task or for blameless status when an action has been taken (or not taken). Acceptance (or otherwise) depends on an assessment by society of the facts and a decision (by society) as to whether a sufficient quantity of energy has been exerted by the applicant. Psychoanalysis, meditation and the ageing process may assist the individual by reducing the number of excuses submitted, and increasing the rate of excuse acceptance (by society).
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