A dilemma from dilemmas.day
A single available treatment can save your terminally ill child. The hospital has allocated it to a priority orphan child. You can secretly swap their names in the database.
ADo not intervene
You respect the hospital priority. The orphan gets cured; your child dies in a few months.
BSwap the names
You hack the database. Your child is cured; the orphan dies without ever knowing the cure was theirs.
Sealed 2026-09-01
45%55%
Do not intervene191 votesSwap the names
55% chose “Swap the names”.
What each choice meant
A · Do not intervene
Your child passed away. The orphan survived.
The Absolutely Just — You uphold moral rules even when the cost is your own child's life.
B · Swap the names
Your child survived. The orphan passed away because of your choice.
The Ultimate Protector — No law or ethics stand above the survival of your own blood.