I Always Do What Teddy Says

'''Harrison, Harry. "I Always Do What Teddy Says."' Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'' June 1965. Rpt. The New Improved Sun. Thomas M. Disch, ed. New York: Harper, 1975.

Robot teddy bears gently brainwash children and provide them with an ethical code. One teddy is changed by some justified subversives, removing a single imperative: the one against murder. Cf. and contrast P. K. Dick's "The Little Movement," cited in this Category.