Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave❓ #shorts

[knull]

“You can get everything you’ve ever dreamed of”
Me: Aight bet, **dreams about the kid to stop being tortured**

[amayajade]

For those that are confused, this doesn’t seem to be about helping the child. It’s about how you would internalize that information and if your conscious would allow you to continue living in paradise knowing that a child is suffering to fuel it.

[Me-ncrs]

"you can literally get everything that you've dreamt of"
So I can make children stop getting tortured then right

[CyberAkira]

"Don't say dreams come true because nightmare is a dream too"
-Ken Kaneki

[Artichokehead]

“A perfect city where everyone is happy and healthy”

Not the child 💀

[harmonyjames]

That means it isn’t a perfect city, something fishy going on

[johndm.a]

The moment a perfect society was mentioned, I sensed something was incredibly wrong.

[aRandomGemini]

“A perfect society where you get everything you ever wanted”
No.

[Harudodo]

"A perfect city where everyone is happy and healthy"

That's in get in the car this is creepy we're leaving

[DJ-hlmg]

Would your decision even matter or have an effect? Even if you leave the kid is still there. 🤷

[theozzyexperience]

If leaving doesn’t end his pain, I’m obviously going to stay.

[Yuri-otoo]

"you can literally get everything that you've ever dreamed of"
so does that mean I could get the kid?-

[vanhornish]

“Those Who Walk Away From Omelas”! My seventh grade teacher showed us this story and it has stuck with me ever since.

[chips]

“I’m John Quiñones and this is what would you do”

[placename]

2 things:
1. You stay. This goes to the point many dilemmas try to make. Group over individual. Yes what’s happening is terrible but if thousands of others (cause it’s a bloody city) live perfectly.
2. How does me leaving do anything? I thought it would be so you help the child or not. Me leaving the city doesn’t change anything

This is why the train switch dilemma works well. Because it’s about whether to interfere or not AND about the group over the individual

[lazeigh]

honestly honestly don't want a perfect life that seems so unnatural

[kokuthakatsu]

“I GOTTA PUT ME FIRST, I GOTTA PUT ME FIRST”

💀💀💀💀

[drewjones]

This is exactly how modern societies work— except instead of “everyone” staying happy, it’s the economic elite staying happy— and instead of one kid being tortured, it’s billions of adults and children enduring suffering throughout their lives to one day attain enough resources to attempt to end that suffering.

[cephia]

After thinking for quite a long time, I've come up with an answer.

To me, I think this test is about us growing up. During our childhood, we're just little kids who know nothing about things that happen in real life. We're just there to have fun and cherish the moment.

Once we enter the legal age, that's when things start to get serious. I think the part where we meet the abused child is the part where we face the true meaning of life and we're now forced to make a decision.

I think that leaving the city means that we're willing to face life and its hardships. We don't know what's out there, but all we can hope for is growth for our future.

Meanwhile, staying in the city means that you're not willing to accept the truth. You're too into being a child, and you'd rather be like that for the rest of your life.

[leequixie]

"Everyone is happy and healthy!"
The kids: im not even here imma hallucination