It might be useful to talk about proximate and ultimate causes in that case[1]. Yes, the poacher pulls the trigger, but if the horn wasn't worth anything it, th

It might be useful to talk about proximate and ultimate causes in that case[1]. Yes, the poacher pulls the trigger, but if the horn wasn't worth anything it, that wouldn't have happened. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximate_and_ultimate_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximate_and_ultimate_causati...