It’s not the lighter’s fault if someone uses it to burn down a forest. Especially if the lighter is yelling the whole time that it’s a bad idea to burn down the forest!
No? A lighter is a tool, it has no agency and as such can not carry blame. You can argue that the fault lies partly in the lap of the lighter’s creator, but not the lighter itself.
It’s not the lighter’s fault if someone uses it to burn down a forest. Especially if the lighter is yelling the whole time that it’s a bad idea to burn down the forest!
But it would be partly the lighters fault if it used up more power and water than most countries do.
No? A lighter is a tool, it has no agency and as such can not carry blame. You can argue that the fault lies partly in the lap of the lighter’s creator, but not the lighter itself.