I haven't bothered to read either of your cases, so I will limit myself to the information that you have provided.
You fail to identify the what context of that specific case might be. Clearly the judge in your quote does not rule out other cases requiring exactly that. The facts in Dreaden might well establish a lower level of accountability in either recklessness or carelessness, but again that is not specified in your response.
Secondly the judge does not define the meaning of that particular phrase "so as to", which at first glance appears to indicate both knowledge and awareness of outcome. It also implies intent, and unless there is specific disqualification of that meaning what you have quoted is not the end of the matter.
Reasonable cause - is grammatically correct for the sentence structure. You couldn't put "use" into that sentence and make sense. "Cause" is not compulsion in this context, and is simply a requirement for objectively considered choice. As such it is subject to review by others, and is not simply a matter of what the individual thinks is OK. And yes that may be balanced against the effect as you indicated, but objective evaluation of one and not the other is inconsistent as pointed out below.
As you may well know, a counter defence is actually a defence in general understanding, and yes I accept that super sensitivity is not a recognised defence in law for someone charged with this offence. But as a principle it is well established in determining effect in subjective response to accident, incident or claim for injury. To suggest that it bears no relevance to subjective response in this type of offence seems not only counter intuitive, it is also inconsistent with general legal principles. It has not been established that an objective evaluation of the complainants response is not applicable in what you have shown.
You are welcome to show where that has been established, but Dreaden doesn't in what you have shown here...
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