When a court decides whether the defendant is responsible for the claimant’s harm, rather than merely a cause of it, what kind of question is the court primarily answering?

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A scientific question about physical causation.

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All of the above.

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A moral question about the defendant’s character.

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A statistical question about probability and risk.

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A normative question about the attribution of responsibility.

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