Let’s go back to the four college students who need to pay the rent. they are trying to solve a problem rather than evaluate a past act (though the question of “who ate the ice cream? ” would be such a question) so the deliberative questions are more appropriate. it turns out that samantha can come up with only half of her $500, but erin doesn’t have any money at all. jinny and merriweather can both pay the full amount. samantha suggests that jinny, who has a waitressing job and gets good tips, pay the difference and that the two who can’t pay the full amount will pay her back later, perhaps by getting money from their parents.

answer the deliberative questions and see what happens:
• is it legal?
• is it expedient?
• is it possible?
• what is the anticipated effect? (what do you think would happen over the long term under this
proposal? write a short paragraph.)