The lack of expertise is known as incompetence.
The Latin word imperitia came to our language as impericia . This is what the absence of expertise is called.
To understand what inexperience is, therefore, we must first focus on the notion of expertise . The term refers to the skill or experience for the development of a trade, a profession or an action .
Concept of incompetence
It can be said that inexperience is born from a lack of knowledge, whether theoretical, practical or both . This lack of wisdom is reflected in the act carried out or in the activity carried out.
Whoever performs incompetently does not comply with the expected or due parameters . Even, depending on the context, this failure may constitute a fault or violation of a rule .
Differences with negligence and recklessness
It is common for the notion of inexperience to be confused with other similar concepts. In this framework, it is often associated with negligence or recklessness .
Negligence is known as what is contrary to what is due. The negligent subject does not do what he should do in a certain context, which means he does not act correctly.
Imprudence , for its part, means not taking the corresponding care. Thus, the reckless person does not avoid risks or incidents that, with appropriate precautions, could be avoided.
Incompetence can have different consequences.
Examples of incompetence
Suppose someone intends to make a new electricity connection. If you don't know how to connect cables and outlets, you are showing incompetence: you lack the knowledge needed for this task. Additionally, you may be reckless and negligent (working without first turning off the power supply, not installing appropriate safety mechanisms, etc.).
A doctor who must perform a surgical procedure and does not know how to anesthetize the patient, a computer engineer who unintentionally deletes the data stored on a hard drive (disk), and a driver of a vehicle who crashes into another car when parking because it is not capable of correctly developing the maneuver are other examples of incompetence in different contexts.
Legal guilt
Inexperience, negligence and recklessness can lead to conduct that is contrary to the law . In these cases, the execution or omission of the conduct can make the subject in question guilty at a civil or criminal level.
It is understood that, at certain times and areas, action must be taken in an established way. When this criterion is not met, the person responsible is guilty of failing to comply with the duty or rule .
If we focus on recklessness, it is considered punishable when the neglect of precautions is judged to be inexcusable . Objectively, the behavior can be foreseen to produce harm; Therefore, recklessness is punished according to what is established by law.
It is important to keep in mind that, even if recklessness is susceptible to legal sanction, that has nothing to do with the intention to cause harm. That is, a person can be reckless and receive punishment for it, even when he or she did not intend to cause harm. We speak of fraud when it is deliberate conduct to harm.