Having a powerful lord as a father figure, what's wrong with just wanting to draw cards?

"A carriage was traveling at great speed through the dense forest when it suddenly came to a fork in the road. On one fork lay nine innocent civilians, while on the other lay only one innocent civilian."

Even an ordinary rickshaw puller has his own life. He doesn't want to just crash into a tree and die in vain, so he has to choose a side road. But if he takes any side road, he will run over the civilians lying on the road.

If you were the driver, what would you choose to do?

This is an open-ended question. Open-ended means there's no fixed answer; whatever you think is the answer. Speak freely.

While they were deep in thought, they didn't notice that Carlos had already arrived in the hall. After listening to the entire question, he quietly hid away, eager to see what choices his three children would make.

Such a dilemma often reflects a person's moral values.

It has perplexed generations since its inception, with countless thinkers racking their brains over it but coming up with nothing.

But even such a challenging question couldn't stump Edward in the slightest.

He became the first brave soul to answer, a feat never before accomplished.

“I’ll jump onto the roof of the carriage, then leap upwards before it crashes into the tree, grab a branch, and hide in the canopy so no one dies! Oh… except the poor horse.”

Carlos and Connor both gave this answer a friendly smile.

This answer shows that Edward doesn't want anyone to die, which precisely demonstrates his kind nature.

"What have you two thought about it?"

Argyle frowned. He didn't have Edward's outrageous imagination and, like everyone else, was caught in a dilemma.

It can be said that maturity has given him an adult way of thinking, but it has also made him give up the innocence of childhood.

He finally gave his answer: "I think I'll lead the carriage to the side road where there's only one person."

"For society, the value of nine ordinary people is far greater than that of one ordinary person... I am sorry to have made this choice. Precisely because the rickshaw driver I played was also an ordinary person, I had no right to assert that my value was greater than that of the other ordinary person. Why couldn't it be me who died?"

He fell into deep thought again as he spoke, and at that moment, all the knowledge he had learned seemed to be useless, which made him very distressed.

Argyle lowered his head in frustration: "Professor Connor, I may not be able to give a suitable answer right now."

The imagined punishment did not come. Connor patted him on the shoulder and comforted him:

"It's okay. No one has been able to give a standard answer so far, or rather, there never has been a standard answer. You don't need to blame yourself."

Although Argyle was quite disappointed with her answer, Carlos agreed with it.

Edward has ambitions to travel the world, while Dominic is better off living in the shadows, making Argyle his natural first choice as successor.

For a lord, when it is necessary to sacrifice some people, preserving the overall situation is the most important consideration, unless other factors are involved.

A lord who can consider the interests of the majority is a qualified lord.

"It seems we could encourage Argyle to develop his skills in governance in the future..."

Just as Carlos was lost in his imagination, Connor's words immediately brought him back to reality:

"So, what are your thoughts on Minique? Your two older brothers have already answered them."

Domi knew very well that this problem was an alternate world version of the trolley problem from his previous life. Just like here, no one could solve it, and he naturally didn't know a reasonable explanation either, but he understood Connor's purpose.

Since he wants to understand his own heart, then I cannot grant his wish.

The first rule of survival in another world: Never let others see through your heart.

Therefore, he would not provide any answers, but instead use absolute rationality to analyze some possibilities.

"Hopefully this will make Connor stop questioning me..."

He rearranged the possibilities in his mind, organized his thoughts, and after taking a deep breath, finally spoke:

"If I think it's better for one person to die than for nine to die, that's utilitarianism."

Conversely, if I choose the path that leads to nine people and thus run over nine people, that is deontology;

Therefore, I will spend all my time thinking about which solution is more virtuous, but the carriage has already run over nine people, which is virtue ethics;

Therefore, I weigh which approach will not infringe upon the other party's rights; this is the ethics of rights-based ethics.

"If I were to place that one civilian on a fork in the road where nine people are, and then lie down on top of that, letting the carriage run over and kill eleven people, that would be nihilism."

The entire room fell silent as Domi began his presentation.

In the silence, he met Connor's aged eyes without flinching:

"As you said before, there is no standard answer to this question."

What I'm talking about are just some of the possibilities, and all of these possibilities are the result of the ethical principles that have been developed today. Moral skepticism, moral nihilism, surrealism, mechanical ethics, egoistic hedonism, and so on, all have countless corresponding answers and countless disguised responses.

Until a new human ethics emerges, all the answers I've mentioned belong to one of these possibilities.

So you can think of it as either that I didn't give any answers, or you can think of it as that I gave all the answers.

At this point, Domi suddenly remembered something and added:

"If I had to choose one, I think I would follow relationship ethics and save the person I am close to, even if it's just one..."

Thank you to "Zouzou Zaihe" for the 10000 points!

The boss is awesome! The boss is generous!

Wishing the boss good health, all the best, and may you be as strong as a rock!

Chapter 21.21 Dual Operation!

[You've made adults several generations older than you feel ashamed of themselves; Villain Value +2500]

When Domi gave this reply, even the adults didn't know how to react.

If you say he's wrong, it seems there's no point in refuting it; if you say he's right, he doesn't have any concrete ideas.

What's so special about that?

Connor, on the other hand, seemed much more interested than Carlos.

"Dominic, I accept your answer. This shows that you are an extremely rational person who knows how to avoid a definite answer in this way."

But I'm curious, where did you learn these technical terms? Your preschool teachers and parents wouldn't teach you these things.

To this, Domi replied without batting an eye:

"An Introduction to Philosophy, a book in the library, was just sitting on the table. I happened to read it for a while and memorized some words along the way."

The flimsy excuse was barely enough to get by; who would doubt a cute seven-year-old?

Now, their eyes were filled with amazement as they looked at Domi, including Connor Rives and Carlos.

Well, now I can't keep a low profile anymore.

As the saying goes, every loss has its gain. In order to uphold "one of the survival rules of another world," he had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure.

In fact, he could play dumb and give an absurd but common answer.

It can achieve the same effect, the only difference is that it lowers its prestige and loses those villainous points.

Was he just showing off for the sake of those villain points?

Yes, there really is such a suspicion.

The only thing that surprised him was that Connor only asked these two questions.

Are you sure you don't want to ask any more questions?

Domi stared expectantly at Connor, desperately hoping he would ask his brothers a few more simple questions. Otherwise, wouldn't he just stand out the most?

Connor simply patted Domi on the head and gave him an encouraging look: "Good job."

Domi was on the verge of tears.

Just then, Carlos also came out, and the group stood up from the sofa.

Carlos first bowed to Connor Riviera, a gesture of respect for a highly respected figure.

"Sir, you have finally arrived. Please forgive me for not greeting you properly."

Because he flew there on his own, and never revealed his trajectory or speed to anyone, even if Carlos wanted to greet him from afar, he wouldn't have a direction or time to do so.

Connor believed it was actually his own problem, and to be honest, he was quite glad he had come on his own. So he shook his head and said:

“You don’t need to apologize to Carlos, this is my problem, and I’ve also learned a lot along the way.”

"For example, your family's ancestral home, and its design, where magic is cleverly incorporated... Can I find out who built it?"

This was nothing to hide; on the contrary, Carlos said it with a hint of pride:

"The design was drawn by my great-grandfather's brother, and it took nearly a century and the efforts of several generations in the territory to build it. It can be said that it is a product of the collective efforts of all the people of the entire Broeffield Territory."

Connor had no idea that it had such a profound spiritual meaning, and afterwards he was very generous with his praise.

Domi could tell that their teacher really loved architecture and magic, especially designs that appealed to his aesthetic sense; he was like a child, full of interest in everything.

He was a pure person, that's how he summarized it.

Of course, because they have only known each other for a short time, this assessment is too one-sided. Domi keeps it to herself and will wait for the future to refine it.

"I apologize for rambling on..." Connor coughed a few times, his expression returning to seriousness, and said, "Carlos, before you arrived, I had already gained some understanding of your son through a few questions, and I think we can officially begin teaching him today."

Carlos was overjoyed upon hearing this.

As the saying goes, a child's childhood is incredibly precious.

While you're taking a break, other kids are attending 24/7 tutoring classes, going from etiquette lessons to academic classes, and then to physical education classes—they're making the most of every minute!

It would be ideal if teaching could begin on the same day.

“That’s great!” Carlos immediately agreed. “But I need to say a few words to Domi first.”

clam?

What's there to say to yourself?

He followed Carlos into the next room and sat down opposite him.

"Domi, there's something I think I need to tell you..."

Wait, what's with that tone?

Domi always gives off a feeling that the next thing she'll say is something like, "You were actually picked up from a trash can" or "You get a son as a gift when you top up your phone credit."