Would You Rather
Name That Philosopher
Real-Life Scenarios
Historical Moral Decisions
100

Would you rather kill 5 people or be killed?

be killed = +100

kill 5 people = -100

100

Lived in Greece during the 5th century BCE, Theory of Forms, and Founder of the Platonic Academy.

Plato = +100

100

Run over a cat or swerve and possibly crash into a tree?

Cat = +100


100

What moral decision was Abraham Lincoln faced with?

How to deal with slavery while preserving the Union during the Civil War. = +100

200

Would you rather have your mom go to prison for a month or or go to prison for a year?

go to prison for a year = +200

mom prison for month = -200


200

The most important European philosipher of modern times. Known for his significant contributions to ethics. The Critique of Pure Reason. 

Immanuel Kant = +200

200

Teacher asks to pick groups: Friend who won't help with project or someone you've never met who will help with work.

Someone you have never met = +200

200

Who was faced with the moral deciosion of how to confront racial injustice?

MLK = +200

300

Would you rather save the cure of cancer from falling off a mountain or everyone you've ever been close to is in prison for life

cure for cancer = +300

prison for life = +100

300

The father of formal logic and developed the system of logic. Writer of Virtue Ethics and from 19th century Greece.

Aristotle = +300

300

A group of your friends (not including you) break something in class and the teacher starts blaming it on you. Do you take the blame or snitch on your friends?

Snitch = +300

300

Which president was faced with the decision to drop an atomic bomb on Japan during WW2?

Harry Truman = +300

400

Would you rather have nipples for fingers or fingers for nipples?

fingers for nipples = +400

nipples for fingers = embarrassment

400

Credited as the founder of western philosophy and he taught Plato and Aristotle. 

Socrates = +400

400

Teacher asks a question in class and not one person in the room looks up or even acknowledges the question. Do you answer or join the rest of the class?

Answer = +400

400

Which president was faced with the moral decison to either invade iraq or let it play out in 2003?

George W. Bush = +400

500

Would you rather take the red pill which allows you to see the horrors of the world or take the blue pill which would hide the truth?

Red Pill = +500

Blue Pill = +100

500

Father of classical liberalism, The theory of knowlodge (Empiricism), Theory of the mind, and had a impact on politics in America.

John Locke = +500

500

You pass a cop and coming from the other direction you see a car speeding. Do you warn the car or let it play out?

Warn = +500

Let it play out = -100

500
Which war were hippies protesting against and trying to stop the soldiers from joining?

Vietnam War = +500

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