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When A Man Throws A Rock Into The Water And Creates Ripples That Disrupt The Water Around It. Who Is Responsible For The Ripples, The Man Or The Rock?

Sorry - Don't know if this counts. This was a metaphor I tried to come up with for some stuff happening in my own life and idk if theres already a similar quote or philosophically equivalent thing or if this even technically is philosophical but I'm curious what people's thoughts are on that question...
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Generally in philosophy, responsibility (praise or blame) is only assigned to the who could have done otherwise. The rock could not have done otherwise so cannot be assigned responsibility.

This reasoning is based on a principle that is sometimes called 'Ought implies can'. You ought to do something only if you can do otherwise. This principle also implies that if you cannot do something, then it can't be the case that you ought to do it.