[ Ryoko goes quiet. It might seem like she's thinking about it, but it's... a little deeper than that. So, she starts speaking. ]
I was wrong. I do know this problem.
Without context, the answer is meant to be obvious. One person to save five? That's obvious. The problem's supposed to lay in who that one person is, isn't it? How willing are you to kill a group of people just to save one person?
[ Selfishly, she could internalize that answer pretty easily. That wasn't what she was thinking of, though. ]
In that moment, I'd have three options. The first two would be to play along and choose. Of course, it makes perfect sense to kill the one to save five, doesn't it? If you make the wrong choice, you'll kill even more than that. But, you could go with the option that seems unthinkable. Decide that the life of one person you consider important is worth more than five others. Make that terrible sacrifice and be unable to look that important person in the eye for the rest of your life.
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I was wrong. I do know this problem.
Without context, the answer is meant to be obvious. One person to save five? That's obvious. The problem's supposed to lay in who that one person is, isn't it? How willing are you to kill a group of people just to save one person?
[ Selfishly, she could internalize that answer pretty easily. That wasn't what she was thinking of, though. ]
In that moment, I'd have three options. The first two would be to play along and choose. Of course, it makes perfect sense to kill the one to save five, doesn't it? If you make the wrong choice, you'll kill even more than that. But, you could go with the option that seems unthinkable. Decide that the life of one person you consider important is worth more than five others. Make that terrible sacrifice and be unable to look that important person in the eye for the rest of your life.