In Describing General Patterns in Human Nature, the Textbook Discusses

question 132

Multiple Choice

In describing general patterns in human nature, the textbook discusses the notion of "putting people first." This is the idea that most of the time, ____.

• A)people act in an altruistic (charitable)way toward others
• B)people act in a self-interested way
• C)people look to other people (rather than the environment)for information
• D)people have more respect for other people than they do for themselves

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Definitions:

Elements of Causation

Fundamental components required to establish a cause-and-effect relationship in a legal context, typically including direct cause, foreseeability, and harm.

Proximate Cause

The primary cause that in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an event and without which the event would not have occurred.

Cause in Fact

A legal principle that establishes an event as the direct cause of an injury, required for proving negligence.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

A doctrine in tort law that infers negligence from the very nature of an accident or injury, in the absence of direct evidence on how any defendant behaved.