The reasonable person standard compares the actions of the wrongdoer/tortfeasor with those of a hypothetical person known as the reasonable person. The reasonable person:
A) represents a standard of how the average American citizen ought to behave
B) represents a standard of how the average business CEO ought to behave
C) represents a standard of how middle class Americans ought to behave
D) represents a standard of how all voting-age Americans ought to behave
E) represents a standard of how persons in the relevant community ought to behave

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The reasonable person represents a standard of how persons in the relevant community ought to behave. The relevant community varies depending on the circumstances of the particular case. The standard is not based on the behavior of an average person, but rather on what the community considers reasonable.

The Reasonable Person Standard Compares the Actions of the Wrongdoer/tortfeasor