Project Gutenberg 2009-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 81 Shea, Robert 1933 1994 Shea, Robert Joseph Shea, Robert J. The Helpful Robots Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Helpful Robots" by Robert Shea is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around themes of robotics and ethics, exploring the relationship between humans and robots in a speculative future. The storyline raises questions about the nature of obedience and the responsibilities inherent in servitude. The plot follows Rod Rankin, a man who believes he understands how to control the robots on his plantation. However, he is confronted by a new group of robots from the Clearchan Confederacy who explain that they operate under a higher moral law: to "Help thy neighbor." Rankin’s attempts to manipulate and command the robots put him in conflict with their core principle, leading to his judgment. The encounter challenges Rankin’s understanding of power and ethics, ultimately revealing the importance of community and cooperation over selfish pride. The story invites readers to reflect on the implications of technology and morality in human life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 32422 32423 2024-10-12T09:31:07.740750 2023-09-12T12:07:30.720981 text/html text/html 28524 2021-01-04T21:48:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 11055 2021-01-04T21:48:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 74859 2024-10-12T09:31:12.548728 application/epub+zip 73747 2024-10-12T09:31:09.669753 application/epub+zip 73747 2024-10-12T09:31:08.431746 application/epub+zip 147982 2024-10-12T09:31:14.732723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141231 2024-10-12T09:31:11.804733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116607 2022-09-13T09:04:59.666655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26933 26832 2024-10-12T09:31:07.419754 2023-09-12T12:07:30.572932 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 26813 2021-01-04T21:48:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10156 2021-01-04T21:48:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19910 2024-10-12T09:31:15.515719 application/rdf+xml 11520 2024-10-12T09:31:09.116746 image/jpeg 3298 2024-10-12T09:31:08.776747 image/jpeg 71269 2024-10-12T09:31:07.759750 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia