Which term means a person knew or should have known that their actions were likely to cause harm?

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Recklessness refers to a person's conscious disregard for a known risk or a person's failure to recognize an obvious risk that a reasonable person would have recognized. This is different from negligence, which is a failure to exercise reasonable care, and strict liability, which imposes liability regardless of a person's state of mind or intent. "Intent" refers to a purpose or desire to cause harm, which is different from recklessness where a person may not have intended to cause harm but acted with a conscious disregard for the risk of harm.

Which Term Means a Person Knew or Should Have Known