Culpability

A person is culpable if they cause a negative event and

(1) the act was intentional;
(2) the act and its consequences could have been controlled (i.e., the agent knew the likely consequences, the agent was not coerced, and the agent overcame hurdles to make the event happen); and
(3) the person provided no excuse or justification for the actions.

Culpability descends from the Latin concept of fault, culpa.

The concept of culpability is intimately tied up with notions of agency, freedom, and free will. All are commonly held to be necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for culpability.

A lack of control is the usual defence against a charge of culpability.

Or in the converse, if someone acts purposely, they also act knowingly. If someone acts knowingly, they also act recklessly and can be culpable.

Just occasionally someone might argue that they they become less reckless when they are not in control.

Which is to say, the good person is aware of their lack of control and purposefully and knowingly becomes less reckless as a means to avoid becoming culpable.