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Posted by lit24 on Sunday January 25, 2009 at 5:42 AMThe king considers his method of judging whether a criminal was innocent or guilty perfectly fair because the decison to open either of the two doors was entirely the decision of the criminal concerned, so the king thought that his system was absolutely impartial and fair: "He (the criminal) could open either door he pleased; he was subject to no guidance or influence but that of the aforementioned impartial and incorruptible chance."
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crazykt Student
High School - 9th GradePosted by crazykt on Tuesday September 1, 2009 at 8:17 PMThe author himself didn't actually think it was fair, he was being ironic
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