All moral dilemmas

You could take on significant debt to give your children an extraordinary childhood — the best schools, meaningful travel, formative experiences. You would spend your 60s working to pay it off, and they would never know the sacrifice you made. If you do not, they will have a solid, ordinary upbringing and you will retire comfortably. Either way, they turn out fine.

You've seen the footage from industrial farms — the confinement, the standardized suffering behind cheap meat. Nothing forces your hand: you can afford alternatives, and plant-based options are everywhere. Knowing what you know, do you keep eating meat?

A runaway trolley will kill five people tied to the tracks. You're on a bridge above them, standing next to a large stranger. Pushing them off would stop the trolley and save the five — they would die on impact. Jumping yourself would not stop it. There is no other option.

Your best friend cheats on a competitive exam and wins a place that an honest stranger just lost. Only you saw it happen.

You accidentally see clear proof that a close friend's partner is cheating. Telling them will blow up their world; staying quiet makes you part of the secret.

A teammate did almost none of the work but will share the same credit and grade as everyone else. The person assessing you is about to decide.

Your 14-year-old's friends all have 24/7 GPS sharing with their parents. Your teen says it's normal now. You grew up with none of it.

On his deathbed, your father tells you he secretly rewrote his will 20 years ago to give your brother a larger share — your brother was struggling and your father could not bring himself to discuss it. Your brother never knew. Your father asks you to keep it that way. You are the executor of the estate.

A tired cashier hands you €50 too much in change. They will not notice, but the shortfall will likely come out of their own pocket at closing.

A major religious leader publishes a 42,000-word document warning that AI is not morally neutral and listing ethical limits. A large tech company is asked to formally commit to those limits.

You're offered the promotion you've worked years for — on one condition: you must lay off a teammate you respect and who has done nothing wrong.

Twelve years ago someone broke into your home and held you at gunpoint for 40 minutes. They served their sentence. They now have a family and mentor at-risk youth full-time. A school has called you asking for a character reference — they do not know you are the victim. You are one of very few people in the community who knows about the conviction.

An AI safety board has three philosophers, two engineers, one lawyer, and no religious voice. Billions of users come from faith traditions older than computing.

You are the new environmental inspector in a small town. The only major employer — 800 jobs, three generations of families — has been quietly contaminating the river for years. The health damage will not be measurable for 15 more years, but the projections are unambiguous. You have the legal authority to shut them down today or grant a 2-year remediation window.

You're the manager. A reliable employee asks you to bend a clear rule for a genuine family emergency — but granting it sets a precedent others will expect.

A limited drop sells out in 30 seconds. Resellers using AI bots resell at 4x. You could buy one bot subscription and join — or wait in the human queue and lose.

Your 9-year-old has been invited to a friend's first sleepover. The host parents are friendly but you don't know them well. Most kids at school don't do sleepovers anymore.

In a meeting, a coworker presents your idea as their own and the boss is impressed. Speaking up now means contradicting them in front of everyone.