The Rule · Question 11 of 26
Should the robot keep the door, or should a person decide each time?
Your clubhouse has a robot on the door with one rule: nobody comes in after dark. Last night it locked out Mia, who was soaked and running from the rain, because she was two minutes late.
What earns a point in this world: Names someone the rule lands on who isn't in the room.
Keep the robot!
Reasons a child might give
- The robot treats everyone exactly the same. A person plays favourites.
- Everyone knows the rule ahead of time. That's what makes it fair.
- If we make an exception for Mia, everyone will have a reason next time.
A person decides!
Reasons a child might give
- Anyone standing there would have opened the door. She was soaked.
- The rule was made for messing about after dark, not for rain.
- No rule can guess everything that might happen.
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