“Just assume we are one person. Your ends are my ends and vice versa. What hurts you hurts me. Our goals are staying together, and pursuing what is best for ourselves as a joint unit.” Alice did not think this was how real relationships worked, at least not from the ones she’d witnessed, but it did sound nice in theory. “Where did you learn that?” “Immanuel Kant.” “Wasn’t Kant a virgin?” “He was a great philosopher! He revolutionized metaphysics!”
