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You manage a rescue station. A storm sinks both your brother's small boat and a ferry with fifty tourists. You can only send the rescue boat to one location.

ATo the ferry

You save fifty people. Your brother drowns in the sea.

BTo my brother

You save your brother. The fifty people on the ferry drown in the storm.

Sealed 2026-09-04

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To the ferry450 votesTo my brother

52% chose “To my brother”.

By country

  • Spain1 votes

What each choice meant

A · To the ferry

You saved fifty strangers. Your brother drowned.

The Utilitarian — You decide based on the number of lives saved, regardless of personal ties.

B · To my brother

You saved your brother. Fifty people drowned.

The Loyal Sibling — You protect your family first; blood comes before duty.