#trolley problem

Challenge #04943-M194: Something Wicked

The royal family are faced with a terrible burden. The boy that was their son has long since died. What was within the body was pure evil. Now came the most painful part. Casting out the evil, though it would mean having to bury their son. For the sake of many lives, there was no other course.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04898-m149-what-rude-beast -- BKF

The thing that inhabited Prince Crevith's body drove it relentlessly Eastward. To what goal, it did not say. It wore out three horses on its quest, and cared not for the welfare of the retainers.

But Druids find a way to manage. The good berries replenish and revitalise. One could fly ahead and prepare for the arrival of the others. One more could go and seek help from any vector. Including other Druids.

A great evil walked the world, and something had to stop it.

My favorite trolley operator 🙃

You can't force me to do anything. Even with a gun to my head you can't force me to do anything. You can coerce me yeah, but not really because I wouldn't care about a gun to my head in this situation. In fact, I would prefer the gun offing me than choosing.

You can guilt me out of not saving anyone but you can't force me to feel guilt when all I can feel is relief at the fact that I realistically just panicked and didn't do anything, the weight of who to save choice isn't mine to bear because I made the choice of doing nothing which doesn't bother me as much as cherry picking who to live. You're the one who should feel guilt, being so angry and judging towards someone hesitating to choose in such a horrible and impossible situation...choose yourself.