I Don't Want to Live in a World Where There's a Contract Like This

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"I don't like a place that induces misery so I don't want to be the one to do it," she says. "They could break the contract by just bringing the child up and they don't do that because they'd be causing misery" They're walking away because they can no longer implicate themselves by the terms of this unfair contract even if it's a contract that's good all things considered for the worldthey can't be a part of it anymore."

David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is a truly happy city, except for one child who lives in abominable misery. Is that too high a moral cost? Why do some people walk away from the city? Why does no one help the child? Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her? Plus, we talk about our listener meetup in Vancouver, and a new edition of [dramatic music] GUILTY CONFESSIONS. Note: if this episode strikes you as too puritanical, then please add an orgy.

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