Trolley Problem, Inc.

I ended up agreeing with the world exactly 50% of the time. I think most people are accustomed to the philosophies of the 'most good' or the 'least harm', but I don't actually believe in that. If there is good and evil then the existence of both implies that a neutral option exists, which the game does not provide but of the two choices one could be construed as 'more neutral' than others. It is perhaps the arrogance of the human condition that makes us dominant, but that in turn also makes us believe that we are more than what we are. I will discuss one and only one choice in this review and that is the very first one you are given: the standard trolley problem. Obviously, less deaths sounds better! And it is a choice. But it also robs you of the choice to stay neutral. Everyone wants to believe their impact, their choices, matter. You see, without the choice there is no morality to the situation. Either 5 or 1 die, and it happens to be 5 in this particular problem. Choosing, which the game forces you to do, is the moral quandry. The dilemma. It is, in and of itself, the good and the bad. The alpha and the omega. The beginning, and the end. But choosing not to choose, is the neutrality. Societal pressure is a topic the game touches upon, and it is that that often defines our feelings of morality. We have been indoctrinated into the cult of culture to follow rules that are ill-defined. But even in complete anarchy, these rules exist in some form. When currency fails, bartering thrives. When the needs of many must be met, societies form. And as wont as humans are today to desire to exit society, on a farm, in the wilderness, or in our own personal castles; the fact remains that we are beholden - even in our need to be free - to conformity. The only true freedom lies outside of that choice. And the only way to not choose is to remain neutral. I choose neutrality.