Does causing harm unintentionally mean no karmic consequences?

In my faith understanding, lack of intention differs from lack of impact. Not knowing someone would be hurt does not erase actual harm or consequences to face. Yet its degree also differs from knowingly and deliberately harming.

During the pandemic, Dao Shun asked whether unknowingly infecting others involved karma. I said connection and impact remain, while ignorance differs from intentional attack. Consider possible consequences alongside whether malice was present.

Take known precautions seriously. 'I did not mean it' cannot erase an effect already caused. This concerns spiritual understanding of conduct and responsibility. It cannot determine who harmed whom from an illness alone or settle legal responsibility.

Discussing a hotel-fire report, someone asked about injury caused through one's words or responses without personally starting the fire. My point remained to consider effects as well as direct actions. We reflected on reports without full knowledge. Program discussion cannot adjudicate actual participants' responsibility.