Editing Mens rea (section)

== Recklessness (United States: "willful blindness") ==
{{Main|Recklessness (law)|Willful blindness}}
In such cases, there is clear subjective evidence that the accused foresaw but did not desire the particular outcome.  When the accused failed to stop the given behavior, he took the risk of causing the given loss or damage.  There is always some degree of intention subsumed within recklessness.<ref>Duff, R. A., & Green, S., eds., ''Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), [https://books.google.com/books?id=szjnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA257&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 257].</ref>{{rp|257}}<ref>Allen, M. J., & Edwards, I., ''Criminal Law'', 15th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), [https://books.google.com/books?id=926fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA81&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 81].</ref>{{rp|81}}  During the course of the conduct, the accused foresees that he may be putting another at risk of injury:  A choice must be made at that point in time.  By deciding to proceed, the accused actually intends the other to be exposed to the risk of that injury.  The greater the probability of that risk maturing into the foreseen injury, the greater the degree of recklessness and, subsequently, sentence rendered.  In common law, for example, an unlawful homicide committed recklessly would ordinarily constitute the crime of [[involuntary manslaughter]]. One committed with "extreme" or "gross" recklessness as to human life would constitute murder, sometimes defined as "depraved heart" or "abandoned and malignant heart" or "depraved indifference" murder.<ref>Carlan, P., Nored, L. S., & Downey, R. A., ''An Introduction to Criminal Law'' ([[Burlington, Massachusetts|Burlington, MA]]: [[Jones & Bartlett Learning|Jones and Bartlett]], 2011), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8-tPwZyNWzkC&pg=PA82&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 82].</ref>{{rp|82}}