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It was about a half-hour before my first class and I was about a half-block from the school. I jumped. I just remembered about printing out the handout sheets for my beginning phonics class.

There was nothing I could do about it. The phonics class managed without a textbook. Instead, it used a series of handout sheets which I made for a previous class. Each sheet had a set of rhyming words, such as cat, rat, and hat or hag, bag, and tag. Those handout sheets existed only on my own computer and it was too late to run back.

As usually happens when a crisis strikes, Top Dog and Under Dog arrived on the scene.

Top Dog said, "You had all that time to print out four copies of one page, but you just wouldn't take the responsibility."

Under Dog said, "Aw, shut the hell up."

"You've always been like that. You just won't take responsibility."

"You're full of tomato juice. This is the first time I've ever forgotten."

"And another thing about you: you won't take help either. Your parents tried to help you by scolding you. Your teachers tried to help you by telling you how stupid and lazy you were. Your phys ed teachers tried to help you by telling you how clumsy and awkward you were. Your employers tried to help you by telling you how incompetent you were. And how did you react? You acted like they were out to get you!"

After a few seconds of silence, Under Dog said, "Would you mind repeating that? I wasn't listening."

Top Dog took a deep breath. "I said, 'Your parents tried to help you by scolding you. Your teachers tried to . . .'"

"If I haven't gotten enough criticism by now, I never will!"

Top Dog looked offended. "But I'm just trying to help you, like all those other people were. What do you want me to do?"

Under Dog thought for a moment. "I think it would be kinda nice if you could stick a hypodermic needle up your pee-hole."

Top Dog said, angrily, "If you don't appreciate my help, I won't bother."

Under Dog clasped his hands together. He eagerly exclaimed, "Oh! Can I have that in writing?"

It came time for my phonics class and what did I see: the students all came in the class with Let's Go I books which the director had just given them! So now I was saved! It didn't make any difference whether I printed the handout sheets or not!

According to Immanuel Kant, an action should be judged by its motives. If a criminal shoots and misses, Kant might judge that criminal harshly, since the motives are the same as if he shot and hit.

According to John Stewart Mill, however, an action should be judged by its consequences. If a criminal shoots and misses, Mill might judge that criminal leniently, since the consequences are the same as if he had not shot at all.

Top Dog apparently goes by John Stewart Mill's code.