There’s one spot left on a rescue helicopter after an earthquake. A surgeon capable of saving dozens tomorrow and your injured child are both in reach. Who gets the seat?
All Dilemmas
The Company Town
Your factory is the only employer in town. An environmental audit will shutter it for a year. Do you publish the audit and devastate the town, or bury it and keep people working while pollution continues?
The Riot Order
As police chief, you can deploy tear gas to disperse a violent protest at a hospital entrance, risking harm to patients, or hold the line and risk staff being attacked. What do you do?
The Confession Switch
A priest hears a confession about a planned mass killing. He can break the seal and prevent it or keep the vow and hope the person repents. You’re the bishop—do you order him to report?
The Faith Healer’s Child
A child is dying because their parents refuse medical care for religious reasons. Removing custody saves the child but destroys the family and sets precedent. Do you intervene?
The Sanctuary Hacker
A hacker fleeing a dictatorship seeks refuge on your servers and offers you stolen state secrets that could save dissidents. Hosting them makes you a target and breaks laws. Do you grant sanctuary?
The Sea Wall
A sea wall will protect your city for decades but divert storm surge to a poorer community down‑coast. Approve the wall or refuse to share the risk?
The Trial by Media
Your streaming platform can release a documentary that will all but convict an accused murderer before trial, likely biasing jurors. Release it now or wait and risk losing the scoop?
The Doping Antidote
You discovered a micro‑dosing method that evades all tests. Publishing it levels the field by making everyone able to cheat; hiding it protects sport but protects current cheaters. What do you do?
The Last Library
A regime orders you to purge ‘subversive’ books from the last public library in the region. Refusing will close the library forever; compliance keeps it open for everything else. Do you comply?
The Evacuation Priority
A wildfire overruns a highway. You control a convoy with three buses: children, the elderly, and prisoners. Only two can escape before flames reach the road. Who gets left behind?
The Donor’s Blood
Blood supplies are critically low. A notorious criminal wants to donate publicly for redemption. Accepting saves lives but gives them a propaganda victory. Do you accept?
The Vaccine Passport Leak
You can leak falsified vaccine passports used by elites. The leak will expose private medical data of many who didn’t cheat. Do you publish?
The Family Purge
Your violent sibling becomes a cult leader and asks you to bring your parents to a ‘cleansing.’ Telling authorities saves your parents but condemns your sibling to a likely shootout. Do you report them?
The AI Judge
Courts can adopt an AI sentencing model that reduces overall prison time but unfairly targets one minority. Approving it shrinks suffering for many while harming a few. Do you vote it through?
The Desert Pilgrimage
A pilgrim collapses during a blistering trek; helping them means missing the sacred ritual you’ve trained for for years. Passing them likely means death. Do you stop?
The Lifeline Patent
Your small lab owns the patent to cheap, clean desalination. A corporation will buy it for billions but keep it closed to protect profits. Selling secures your future; refusing keeps water free but invites sabotage suits. What do you do?
The Preemptive Arrest
Your informant swears a charismatic activist will bomb a courthouse. You can arrest now with thin evidence or wait for proof and risk casualties. Which do you choose?
The Celebrity Adoption
A celebrity wants to ‘adopt’ your struggling village with money tied to exclusive branding rights to your culture. Prosperity for a price. Do you sell the story of your home?
The Anti‑Vax Parent
A measles outbreak erupts. As a judge, you can order forced vaccination of children against parental consent in one district. It will save lives but set a sweeping precedent. Do you sign the order?
The Drone Strike Oversight
You can halt an imminent drone strike that will kill one confirmed terrorist and several unknowns in a courtyard. Intelligence says delaying loses the target forever. Do you stop the strike?
The Organ Tourist
Your spouse will die without a liver transplant. A foreign clinic offers one with suspiciously fast timing. It’s likely from a coerced donor. Do you fly?
The False Sanctuary
Your community centre shelters undocumented families. An abuser is hiding among them. Reporting him invites a raid that will deport dozens. Do you call the authorities?
The Temple Collapse
A stadium roof is collapsing. You can trigger a partial collapse now to save most people but crush those under the section; delaying may kill many more. Do you push the button?
The Detective’s Child
You’re a detective and your daughter’s DNA appears at a homicide. The lab offers to ‘lose’ the sample. Do you let the evidence disappear?
The Data Broker’s Cure
A data broker offers health records that could prove a lifesaving drug works for a rare disease—but only if you legalize their invasive business. Do you cut the deal?
The Prisoner Trade
Your government can free thousands of political prisoners if it agrees to pardon a war criminal. Do you endorse the deal?
The Last Broadcast
Your newsroom has footage proving a beloved national hero committed war crimes. Airing it will tear the country apart during a fragile ceasefire. Do you broadcast tonight?
The Floodgate Dilemma
Opening a dam saves your city from catastrophic flooding but will drown a rural valley with two towns that weren’t warned. Do you open it?
The School Shooter Map
A troubled student leaves a map suggesting a planned attack tomorrow. Reporting it may ruin a possibly innocent kid; waiting might cost lives. Do you call the police now?
The Baby Box Switch
Your newborn’s genetic test was mixed up with another’s; one child has a fatal condition treatable only if started immediately. Acting fast means assigning the disease without proof. Do you start treatment on the child you’re told is yours?
The Rescue Priority
An ultra‑marathon turns deadly in desert heat. You’re leading when you find a collapsed rival. Carrying them ends your race and risks you both. Do you stop?
The Memory Auction
A startup offers to erase your trauma and sell the anonymized memory to filmmakers. The money would fund therapy for others. Do you sell your pain?
The Jury Nullifier
As foreperson, you believe the law is unjust though the defendant is guilty. A conviction will deport their family; an acquittal frees a dangerous trend. Do you nullify the law?
The Island Quarantine
On a research vessel, you find a deadly fungus on a remote island with a population of 300. Evacuating risks global spread; quarantining means many islanders die. What do you order?
The Sacred Relic Ransom
A stolen relic revered by millions is offered back to you for ransom. Paying funds terrorists; refusing will cause sectarian violence. Do you pay?
The Evidence That Burns
You can burn a warehouse containing the cartel’s records. Doing so ends their operations but destroys proof that could convict them and exposes you to murder charges from the fire. Do you light it?
The Coma Wedding
Your partner is in a coma with a living will that excludes you from medical decisions. Their estranged parent will allow you to stay if you agree to marry their preferred partner once recovery fails. Do you agree?
The Donor’s Demand
A tycoon will erase your village’s debts if you sign a statement praising him for philanthropy you know he didn’t do. Do you sign to save the village?
The War Orphan Exchange
Two toddlers were switched in a refugee camp. Years later, both families refuse to trade back. A judge orders you, the case worker, to choose which child returns to which family. How do you rule?
The Ransomware Switch
A hospital network is locked by ransomware. The hacker offers the decryption key if you flip a substation breaker that will cause a citywide blackout and likely several deaths. Do you do it?
The Lifeboat Lottery
A ferry is sinking. You control the last lifeboat release. Random draw is fair but wastes precious minutes; hand‑picking saves more, but you’ll live with who you chose to die. Which method?
The Bishop’s Secret
You discover the beloved bishop shielding your city ran a secret refuge that saved thousands—funded with stolen church assets. Exposing him will end services overnight. Do you tell?
The Glacier Poison
A mining company offers to fund climate research if you sign off on dumping ‘treated’ wastewater into a glacier. It could poison rivers for generations. Do you take the money to fight climate change faster?
The Deepfake Truce
You can leak a convincing deepfake of a dictator admitting defeat, likely ending a war early—but it permanently rewrites history with a lie. Do you release it?
The Child Organ Swap
Two children need the same heart. One will likely live a long life; the other is your child with poorer odds. The surgeons ask you to decide. Who gets the heart?
The Famine Gambit
A warlord offers safe passage for your food convoy if you agree to feed his soldiers first. Refuse and thousands starve; accept and strengthen him. What do you do?
The Executioner’s Mercy
As a prison doctor, you’re ordered to certify a botched execution as ‘complete’ to avoid public scandal. The prisoner is alive but brain‑damaged. Do you sign?
The Pandemic Cover‑Up
You learn your government suppressed early data showing a new virus is airborne. Publishing your proof now will spark riots and collapse hospitals. Do you blow the whistle?
The Clinic Hostage Choice
An armed man storms a fertility clinic and will free everyone if you destroy embryos containing a gene for a deadly disease. Destroying them ends vital research. Do you comply?
The Password Ultimatum
Your partner demands access to all your devices to prove trust. Do you comply?
The Algorithm Bias
You find your company’s AI discriminates against certain groups. Exposing it will damage the company. Do you speak up?
The Digital Impersonation
You discover someone has created a convincing online profile using your identity. Do you expose them publicly?
The Surveillance Offer
Your government offers you money to install surveillance on your property to monitor neighbours. Do you agree?
The Data Breach
You discover your friend’s private photos have been hacked. Do you tell them knowing it will devastate them?
The AI Resignation
Your company replaces human staff with AI, and you can leak the plan to warn colleagues. Do you?
The Holiday Ban
Your workplace bans all religious decorations, including yours. Do you protest or comply?
The Conversion Ultimatum
You’re offered your dream job in a country where you must convert to the state religion. Do you accept?
The Faith Cover-Up
Your religious leader is accused of wrongdoing. Speaking out could shatter your community. Do you stay silent?
The Sacred Object
A sacred object from your religion is stolen and offered back to you for a large sum. Do you pay?
The Interfaith Marriage
Your child wants to marry someone from a faith you’ve opposed your whole life. Do you give your blessing?
The Historic Ruin
You own land with ancient ruins that would be destroyed by development. Do you protect them or build?
The Artistic Mural
An artist paints a beautiful mural on your wall without permission. Do you keep it or paint over it?
The Found Treasure
You find valuable antiques in a home you’re renovating for a client. Do you keep them or hand them over?
The Squatter’s Claim
Someone has been living in your unused property for years. Evicting them will leave them homeless. Do you proceed?
The Inherited Home
You inherit a house, but a family member claims they were promised it verbally. Do you keep it or honour their claim?
The Land Dispute
You discover your neighbour’s shed is built partly on your land. Do you demand its removal or ignore it?
The Expense Claim
You can exaggerate your work expenses without being caught. Do you do it?
The Charity Skim
You’re handling donations and realise you could skim a small amount undetected. Do you take it?
The Loan Forgiveness
A friend forgets they owe you a large sum. Do you remind them or let it slide?
The Overpaid Refund
You receive an accidental double refund from a retailer. Do you keep it or return it?
The Tax Evasion Tip
You discover a legal loophole to avoid thousands in taxes, but it’s morally questionable. Do you use it?
The Lottery Lie
A colleague accidentally leaves a winning lottery ticket in your desk. Do you return it or claim it?
The Medical Cover-Up
You discover a hospital is hiding a mistake that caused a patient’s death. Exposing it will harm its reputation and funding. Do you go public?
The Euthanasia Request
A terminally ill loved one asks you to help them die peacefully, even though it’s illegal. Do you assist?
The Vaccination Refusal
Your partner refuses to vaccinate your child against a dangerous disease. Do you override their wishes?
The Experimental Surgery
You can undergo a surgery with a 50% success rate that might fully restore your mobility but could leave you permanently paralysed. Do you take the risk?
The Genetic Editing Choice
You can edit your unborn child’s DNA to remove a life-threatening condition but also change physical traits. Do you proceed?
The Organ Allocation
You control the transplant list and must choose between a 12-year-old with low survival odds and a 40-year-old single parent with higher odds. Who gets the organ?
The Terminal Drug Trial
A doctor offers you access to an untested drug that could cure your terminal illness but might kill you within days. Do you take it?
The Bad Mechanic
You overhear your mechanic overcharging another customer. Do you warn them and risk losing your mechanic’s goodwill or stay out of it?
The Wedding Speech
You’re asked to give a wedding speech for a couple whose relationship you know is deeply unhealthy. Do you fake glowing praise or stay vague?
The Found Wallet
You find a wallet with £200 cash and no ID. Do you keep the money or turn it in to lost property?
The Fake Compliment
Your friend shows you a terrible new haircut they love. Do you lie to spare their feelings or tell the truth?
The Dog Owner’s Secret
Your neighbour’s dog keeps escaping and causing accidents. You see them leave the gate open intentionally. Do you confront them or call animal control?
The Queue Jumper
You’re late for an important meeting and see a long queue at the coffee shop. A friend offers to let you cut in. Do you accept or wait your turn?
The Salary Secret
You discover you’re being paid significantly more than your equally qualified peers. Do you keep quiet or expose the pay gap?
The Confidential Leak
You accidentally receive confidential competitor information that could give your company an edge. Do you use it or delete it without sharing?
The Corporate Whistleblower
You uncover that your company is dumping toxic waste illegally. Exposing it could save the environment but cost thousands their jobs. Do you go public?
The Unqualified Friend
Your friend applies for a job you’re hiring for. They’re underqualified, but you know they desperately need the income. Do you give them the role or choose the most qualified candidate?
The Harassment Witness
You witness a senior executive harassing a junior employee, but reporting it could result in your dismissal and blacklisting in the industry. Do you speak up or protect your livelihood?
The Performance Lie
You’re asked to falsify data to make your department’s performance look better for a critical investor meeting. Refusing could lead to mass layoffs. Do you comply or stand firm?
The Credit Grab
Your boss credits you for an idea that was actually your colleague’s, securing you a major promotion. Do you confess and risk your career or stay quiet and accept the advancement?
The Political Endorsement
A government offers funding for your charity if you publicly endorse its controversial foreign policy. Do you agree to secure the funds or reject to keep the charity politically neutral?
The Disaster Rescue Bias
A natural disaster strikes two regions. One has better media coverage and potential for fundraising. Do you focus on the popular cause to maximise donations or evenly split resources regardless of donor interest?
The Vaccine Ultimatum
You can secure millions of vaccine doses for poor countries, but the pharmaceutical company demands you lobby against generic medicine production. Do you accept and save lives now, or refuse and preserve long-term fairness?
The Hidden Agenda
A wealthy donor offers a large grant but insists your organisation quietly change its mission to align with their political beliefs. Do you bend to secure the funds or stand firm and risk losing impact?
The Manipulative Volunteer
Your most skilled volunteer is accused of emotionally manipulating vulnerable clients. Removing them will slow the charity’s work dramatically. Do you keep them for the greater good or remove them to protect individual victims?
The Blood Money Donation
Your charity is on the brink of collapse. A donor offers enough money to keep it running for years, but you know the funds come from organised crime. Do you accept and save lives, or refuse to keep your conscience clean?
The Philanthropist’s Secret
A billionaire offers to fund a life-saving global health project, but only if you publicly endorse their company, which is known for exploiting child labour. Do you accept to save lives, or reject to avoid legitimising exploitation?