suibian | [ golden peacock inbox ]

[ oh he should have expected this. probably. ]

what happens when you use up the kid?

[ what, is this not fun? ]

sacrificing them will give you the exact amount of medication needed to cure everyone who has the disease, so it won't be able to spread any further and will go extinct.

[ it's................. something :( ]

do i know the kid?

[ you asked for this.... ]

for this experiment, let's say no. you don't know anyone who's sick either. they're strangers to you.

[ unfortunately ]

i use the child

[ that's his answer, for now. though he's not sure if it's his real answer, he's still considering the thought experiment. there's too many factors that would go into the reality of it and he's always been one to find the solution never found before.

but he thinks it'd make for a more interesting conversation with shigaraki if he says he'd use the child. ]

[ he's had enough people ignore the moral dilemma and insist they'd brute force their way through the problems (which, although not unrelatable to him, does make the thought experiment less fun!) that those have become a stale, boring shield of an answer. everyone likes to fantasize that they're capable of saving everyone else, don't they? ]

I see
it makes the most sense numerically after all
the greatest good for the greatest number.

in the most cruel, cold logic of it, that's the optimal solution

of course i'd prefer another way. of course i'd look for another way. but the scenario laid out as you've laid it out, that's the answer. one life for the many.

would your answer stay the same if the necessary sacrifice was the person you care for most?

it would change. though the person i care for the most, he would volunteer

both of you are just overflowing with good will, aren't you

i just said i would change my answer if my person was the one i had to sacrifice. how does that make me full of good will?

but that person would sacrifice themselves.
sounds like you make up for each other's shortcomings.

but to be fair, I also said you couldn't obtain their agreement, so I guess your person never has to know.