Which of the Following Best Expresses McMahan's "Criterion of Responsibility

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best expresses McMahan's "criterion of responsibility"?

• A) Soldiers may attack or kill anyone who is to some degree morally responsible for an unjust threat or an unjust war, but not anyone else.
• B) Soldiers may attack or kill any unjust combatant and anyone else who is morally responsible for an unjust threat.
• C) Soldiers may attack or kill any combatant who is morally responsible for his or her participation in the war.
• D) Soldiers are morally responsible for the deaths they cause, even when those deaths are collateral damage in pursuit of a legitimate military objective.

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