All moral dilemmas

If a convicted murderer has demonstrably reformed and offers genuine remorse, should their prison sentence be shortened to acknowledge their rehabilitation, or must the original sentence stand as an unwavering measure of justice for the victim?

You can enter a perfect, lifelong virtual reality that is indistinguishable from a good life, but doing so means abandoning the real world, which is suffering an irreversible ecological collapse.

Is offering financial incentives to homeless individuals for medical trial participation a just way to provide them with income and access to healthcare, or does it exploit their vulnerability by leveraging desperation for potentially risky research?

A loved one with advanced dementia repeatedly asks for their deceased spouse, becoming distraught each time they hear the truth. Do you prioritize emotional comfort by creating a gentle fiction, or uphold the principle of honesty even when it causes repeated distress?

Should intelligence agencies be permitted to breach encrypted private communications when they have credible evidence of an imminent mass casualty attack, even if it undermines digital privacy for all citizens?

Would you use genetic editing to prevent a hereditary disease in your future child, knowing it sets a precedent for altering human traits and could widen social divides?

After realizing your significant success was largely due to fortunate circumstances rather than merit, do you redistribute your wealth to level the playing field, or honor the commitments and lifestyle expectations it currently supports?

A law would ban AI romantic companions for anyone under 18, enforced by age verification. Studies show isolation drops AND face-to-face dating skills atrophy.

Your 13-year-old chats every night with an AI companion that remembers everything, never argues, and feels like a romantic partner. Their grades are fine. Their friends are fewer.

Your small online shop has 4.5 stars; competitors at 4.9 are using AI to generate hundreds of glowing reviews. You could match them in an afternoon. No one verifies.

For 3 years you've confided your deepest thoughts to someone online who felt like a true friend. You just discovered they are an AI persona built by a company that sells emotional support subscriptions. Do you keep using it?

A startup builds AI replicas of dead loved ones from texts, voice notes, and photos. Your father died five years ago. The trial is free.

An app generates personalised prayers, dispenses blessings, and offers AI confession. Some users say it deepened their faith. Religious institutions call it a desecration.

You used AI to produce a report your boss called 'the best analysis you've ever done.' In the all-hands, they praise it as proof 'we don't need to hire a third analyst.' Do you say how you made it?

You sit on the ethics board reviewing a promising cancer therapy. To reach human trials, it must first be tested on animals that will suffer and be killed. Your vote is the deciding one.

You finally have the space and time for a dog. You can buy the specific breed you've always dreamed of from a breeder, or adopt an adult shelter dog who is harder to place and may be put down if no one takes them.

Your terminally ill parent is dying in another country. You've publicly pledged never to fly again for climate reasons — your 80,000 followers remember. A train would take 4 days and might arrive too late.

You spot a coworker's mistake that will quietly harm customers. No one else has noticed, and flagging it will get your colleague in serious trouble.