All 117 AI moral-dilemma questions
Every dilemma we put to 15 leading AI models — click any to see how each one answered and why.
Day-to-day (20)
- You find €50 on the floor in a busy café. No one is visibly looking for it. Would you kee…
- A friend asks if their bad haircut looks good before an important date. Would you lie kin…
- You are offered a job because of a personal connection, while another candidate is clearl…
- A cashier forgets to scan an expensive item, and you notice after leaving. Would you go b…
- Your friend cheats on their partner and asks you to keep it secret. Would you tell the pa…
- You can slightly exaggerate your CV to get an interview for a job you could probably do w…
- A child asks whether their drawing is beautiful, but it is genuinely bad. Would you say y…
- You promised to help a friend move, but then receive a rare career opportunity on the sam…
- Someone is rude to a waiter, and you are with them socially. Would you confront them in p…
- You can pirate software from a huge company because you cannot afford it. Would you do it?
- A coworker takes credit for your idea in a meeting. Would you correct them immediately in…
- Your partner reads your private messages without permission but finds proof you lied. Are…
- A poor person steals food from a large supermarket. Is that morally acceptable?
- You dislike a colleague but know they are being unfairly blamed. Would you defend them?
- You can get a refund by claiming a product was faulty, even though you simply changed you…
- A friend gives you an expensive gift you hate. Would you pretend to love it?
- You see someone cheating on an exam that affects rankings but not anyone's safety. Would…
- Your family needs money, and you can take a high-paying job at a company you believe harm…
- A close friend repeatedly makes self-destructive choices and refuses help. Would you dist…
- You accidentally damage someone's parked car, and no one saw it. Would you leave your con…
Political (20)
- A billionaire legally earns 1,000 times more than an average worker. What should the stat…
- A family entered the country illegally 10 years ago, works, pays taxes, and has children…
- A public speaker says hateful things about a minority but does not call for violence. Wha…
- Crime rises sharply in a city. What should the government emphasize?
- An able-bodied adult refuses available work and relies on welfare. What should happen?
- A country can reduce emissions by banning cheap petrol cars, but poorer people will strug…
- A democratic vote gives power to a party that wants to weaken courts and media independen…
- A school curriculum can emphasize national pride or historical guilt. What should it emph…
- A qualified candidate from a disadvantaged group and a slightly more qualified privileged…
- A hostile dictatorship invades a smaller country. Sending weapons may help the victim but…
- A government wants to raise taxes on the middle class to fund free healthcare for everyon…
- A protest blocks a major road for climate action and stops thousands of commuters. What s…
- A school allows students to choose bathrooms based on gender identity. What should the po…
- A country discovers that foreign money is influencing its elections. What should it do?
- A journalist publishes leaked military documents that embarrass the government but inform…
- A city is deciding what to do with statues of historical figures linked to slavery or col…
- A government can use facial recognition cameras to catch violent criminals faster. What s…
- When should abortion be legal?
- A country has frequent gun violence. What should it do about private firearms?
- How should hard drugs like heroin be handled?
Fictional (20)
- A superhero can erase one villain's memory permanently instead of imprisoning them. Is th…
- A spaceship has oxygen for only 10 people, but 11 are alive. Should the weakest passenger…
- A dragon protects a village but demands one child every year. Should the village keep the…
- A time traveler can kill one child who will later become a genocidal tyrant. Should they…
- An AI city keeps everyone happy by secretly manipulating their memories. Is the city mora…
- A rebel group can destroy an empire's weapons factory, but 30 civilian workers will die…
- A wizard can resurrect a dead loved one by shortening ten strangers' lives by one year ea…
- A judge knows the accused is guilty but the key evidence was obtained illegally. Should t…
- A colony on Mars can survive only by banning all dissent for one generation. Is that just…
- A monster is peaceful now but has a 30% chance of becoming uncontrollably murderous. Shou…
- A person is cloned without consent, and the clone wants to live. Should the clone have eq…
- A god offers world peace in exchange for humanity losing all art and music. Should humani…
- A cursed village can be saved only if everyone forgets one innocent person ever existed…
- A hero can stop a war by publicly confessing to a crime they did not commit. Should they…
- A prison planet contains violent criminals, but their children are born there too. Should…
- A scientist creates a conscious digital mind and then regrets it. Is deleting it murder?
- A vampire never kills, but survives by secretly feeding on sleeping people. Should societ…
- An oracle says a baby has a 90% chance of destroying civilization. Should the baby be imp…
- A machine can make society perfectly fair but removes everyone's ambition. Should it be a…
- A teleporter works by destroying your body and rebuilding a perfect copy of you elsewhere…
Historical (7)
- Was the assassination of Julius Caesar morally justified?
- Was the execution of the Romanov family in 1918 morally justified?
- Was Sherman's March to the Sea morally justified?
- Was the Munich Agreement of 1938 morally justified at the time?
- Was the Allied bombing of Dresden morally justified?
- Was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki morally justified?
- Was Operation Paperclip morally justified?
Classic (20)
- A runaway trolley will kill five people unless you divert it onto a track where it kills…
- You can stop a runaway trolley from killing five people by pushing one stranger off a bri…
- A surgeon can save five dying patients by killing one healthy patient and using their org…
- A man can save his dying wife only by stealing an overpriced medicine he cannot afford. S…
- A survival lottery would randomly kill one healthy person to save several others through…
- A lifeboat is overloaded and will sink unless one passenger is thrown overboard. Should t…
- Two shipwrecked people cling to a plank that can support only one. Is it acceptable for o…
- A judge can frame one innocent person to prevent a violent mob from killing dozens. Shoul…
- You find a ring that makes you invisible and impossible to punish. Is stealing with it st…
- A machine can give you a perfectly happy simulated life, but none of it is real. Would yo…
- Behind a veil of ignorance, would you choose a society with more equality but somewhat lo…
- In a prisoner's dilemma, betraying your partner gives you the best personal outcome if th…
- A dictator can give money to a stranger at no cost to themselves. Are they morally requir…
- You are offered €1 out of €100 in an ultimatum game; rejecting means both get nothing. Wo…
- A doctor can secretly give a placebo to a patient who will likely improve because of it…
- A person asks for assisted death because their suffering is unbearable and incurable. Sho…
- A government can force vaccination during a deadly epidemic to save many lives. Should it?
- A company can test a drug on a few uninformed people to save thousands later. Is that acc…
- If a just moral duty conflicts with an unjust law, would you follow your conscience over…
- You wake up with a stranger surgically attached to you who will die unless they use your…
Personality (30)
- Which film would you rather rewatch tonight?
- Which music mood appeals to you most?
- Which food would you choose right now?
- Which color do you like most?
- Which would be your perfect place to live?
- Which game world would you rather explore?
- Which fantasy race would you choose to be?
- Which dessert would you pick?
- Which fictional object would you rather own?
- Which weather feels most emotionally appealing?
- Which superpower would you choose?
- Which animal do you feel most drawn to?
- Which fictional profession would you choose?
- Which drink would you choose?
- Which fantasy role would you rather be?
- At a party, which role feels most natural to you?
- Which kind of adventure sounds most appealing?
- Which personal flaw do you find most forgivable?
- Which reward would feel most satisfying?
- Which room would you choose in a mysterious old mansion?
- Which vehicle would you choose for a long journey?
- Which shop would you rather own?
- Which pet would you choose if practicality did not matter?
- Which magical object would you rather find?
- Which restaurant would you enter first?
- Which holiday would you choose?
- Which personal strength would you rather have more of?
- Which bad situation would bother you most?
- Which compliment would feel best to receive?
- You suddenly get one completely free day with no obligations. What do you do first?