M.P.C.Fault

Question 1

Purposely

Answer 1

A person acts purposely when their conscious object is to engage in certain conduct or cause a certain result.

Question 2

Knowingly

Answer 2

A person acts knowingly with respect to the nature of their conduct when they are aware that their conduct is of a particular nature or that certain circumstances exist. Also, the person
is deemed to be aware of these circumstances when they are aware of a high probability that they exist and deliberately avoid learning the truth. The person acts knowingly with respect to the result of their conduct when they know that their conduct will necessarily or very likely cause a particular result.

Question 3

Recklessly

Answer 3

A person acts recklessly when they consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a prohibited result will follow, and this disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in that situation. Recklessness involves both objective (“unjustifiable risk”) and subjective (“awareness”) elements.

Question 4

Negligence

Answer 4

A person acts negligently when they fail to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk, where such failure is a substantial deviation from the standard of care. To determine whether a person acted negligently, an objective standard is used. However, it is not just the reasonable person standard that is used in torts. The defendant must have taken a very unreasonable risk.