Whether something is morally justified is for everyone to decide for themselves. Some follow strict rules of right or wrong. Others allow a lengthy grey area, letting circumstances play a leading role. No framework has universal agreement, which makes ethics and morality a major part of family arguments and online debate.
In 2025, the Reddit Community r/MoralityScaling emerged, creating a space for people to discuss morally ambiguous situations. It started with fictional characters’ decisions and quickly expanded to real-world issues. See some of the community’s best contributions and leave your two cents on the problems at hand.
#41 Morality Of Leaving Your Walrus Friend In A Zoo After A Psychopath Surgeon Turned Him Into A Walrus?
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#42 Morality Of Mocking Your Opponent For A Moment Of Confiding Something With You?
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#44 Morality Of Choosing Your Son Over A Strangers Daughter?
In Bird Box Malorie thought she needed one of the two kids to look while she row the boat towards safety. The little boy (her son) volunteered and she said no, when the time comes. She will decide who looks. Eventually she decided no one is looking, but everytime the decision came up before then. She wanted girl to be the sacrifice because she wasn’t her child.
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#45 Morality Of Lying To A Person So They Can Pass Away In Peace
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#46 Morality Of Dating The Last Living Airbender But Know Full Well That You Don't Want Children, And That This Will Lead To The Extinction Of All Airbenders?
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#47 Morality Of Burying A Evil Immortal Man In The Concrete And Then Drinking A Potion Of Forgerness
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#48 Morality Of A Relationship Between An Immortal Man And Reincarnating Woman
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#49 Morality Of Saving Someone And Then Asking Them For A Tiny Bit Of Money?
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#50 Morality Of Accidentally Crippling A Shoplifter
A shoplifter goes to steal something. Another customer stops them by lifting them up and throwing them down on the ground and inadvertently fracturing their spine, leaving the shoplifter in a wheelchair for life.
The shoplifter wouldn't have been crippled if they hadn't tried to commit a crime. The customer didn't mean to injure the shoplifter permanently. An appropriate punishment for shoplifting would be a fine, some physical pain, or internment.
How much blame is there to go around? How do you reckon with the consequences? Should any remedial action happen?
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#51 Morality Of Winning A Race When You Know Your Opponent Needed The Prize Money To Pay For His Sick Sister's Hospital Bills?
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#59 Morality Of Moving To The Second Largest City Of France Knowing Full Well That You'll Eventually Give Everyone Cancer?
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-10points
