Аннотация
The Small Black Box of Morality
by Eleanor Arnason
After the Goddess created the world, she went off to do other things. In time, it occurred to her that she would like to see how the world was doing. So she hiked up her robe and fastened it and crossed the universe with long quick strides, coming at last to the right place.
The world was there, exactly where she had left it. Everything on it flourished, and all the plants and animals behaved as she had intended.
This gave her pleasure, and she decided to spend some time admiring her handiwork. She let down her robe and refastened her belt and stepped out of the sky.
Back and forth she went, over mountains and valleys, across wide prairies and into the ocean. She examined everything and muttered words of praise and self-congratulation. But finally it occurred to her that something was missing.
"None of my plants and animals have any judgment. They can't discriminate. ...

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