Ethical Dilemmas Writing Prompts

"A curious thing... If I were to give myself to you, it would break my vows, but if you forced yourself on me, that would be no sin on my part. I would forgive you, of course, if you could not control your lusts..."

A fighter and a necromancer fall in love, and live an adventure filled life together. On the human's deathbed, they ask their lover to let them rest. Unable to cope with their grief, the necromancer turns them into a lich.

The Devil comes to collect your soul, but instead, She offers you a deal: She will let you live, so long as you commit at least one evil deed each day.

You’re conflicted. An imposter has replaced your SO, but they are so caring (and better in bed) that you don’t want to confront them just yet.

"Why would I waste a wish on making you my slave for the rest of my life? I wish for you to WANT to be my slave for the rest of my life."

"But you're the god of chastity, marriage, protection, and the sacred home! How did you end up as the god of prostitutes and brothels too?!" "Well, I figured that, even if I didn't like it, brothels and prostitutes would exist no matter what, so if they exist, they might as well exist safely"

You protected this girl from an organization of quirky characters, all set on destroying her. Now, at the end of your adventure, you wonder if it was truly the right thing to do.

2 female paladins have massive crushes on each other, but their god forbids same sex love. One is captured in a crusade against a goddess of love and sex, and converts because the goddess allows their love, and is trying to convert the other when she gets captured trying to save her.

"But you're the god of chastity, marriage, protection, and the sacred home! How did you end up as the god of prostitutes and brothels too?!" "Well, I figured that, even if I didn't like it, brothels and prostitutes would exist no matter what, so if they exist, they might as well exist safely"

Space travel has created a lot of question on the morality of interacting with aliens species. This crew has some strict rules on the mater, sex between species is ok if they can pass the Harkness test first. Now you have a naked alien woman grinding against you.

"But who prays for Satan? Who, in twenty-one centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"

I didn't become a mage to take advantage of people, but this merchant is really grateful that I saved him & is insisting I spend the night at his home, in his daughter's bed. His daughter is even more enthusiastic about the idea than he is, happily insisting that she's my new slave.

Unbeknownst to you and everyone else you are the literal child of Satan. However, as someone who has lived a good life till you died in an accident heaven has a claim unto your soul. Custody issues ensue

You invent a machine that shows the lives of the now-dead if they were given a little more time.

As a part of your dying will, you get to choose a single person to inherit the exprience and skill you gained at single thing. They will gain it immidately after you die, even against their will.

You are Karma, when someone does good, they get a reward, do bad? punishment. With the current ability of people to do horrible things and hide behind anonymity doing little to stop you from your job, you'd think they would think twice.

You are a galactic journalist attending the trial of an entire species accused of unprecedented selfishness. As the charges are listed, you expect the worst. But as you listen, you start to realize that their "crimes" sound more like acts of extraordinary kindness

As the last living descendant of the world’s greatest wizard/witch, you have inherited their grimoire. The only issue, you HATE all things magical and have dedicated your life to science.

You grew up in a village that despised all creatures except their own kind. However, a Fae saved you, and deeply moved by this, you vowed to help everyone, regardless of what they are.

And just like that: One day, they stopped coming... The last two I killed looked like children as well. Even from a different species, that much was obvious. But now, why do I feel so bad? Like, I did what I had to, right? There was no other feasible option…

The year is 3050. You work as an operator for a massive trash compactor with only one order, “Start the machine every hour or you’re fired”. You have 1 minute till your next compression when all of the sudden a person falls in.

An accidental rebounded curse has made it so that every time you perform evil deeds, the end results somehow end up beneficial to all involved. Frustrated at your predicament, you decide to try doing some good deeds for once, just to see the difference.

Your persuasion magic allows you to get whatever you desire. Including the tavern owner's very attractive daughter.

The Hero keeps accepting all the various faustian bargains without even considering the downsides for a heartbeat.

You have died, but instead of oblivion or the afterlife you expected, you wake in a classroom. "Welcome back to Mortal Ethics 101, godlings," the professor says cheerily. "Your reflections are due in two weeks."

You choose to live an average life, despite having incredible superpowers. People often don’t understand, and even get angry at you for not doing more.

The chosen one is task in defeating a dark lord but comes to discover not only is the dark lord a benevolent ruler but manages to forge a friendship with her. Their own sense of morality is put to the test when their friendship with the dark lord turns into something more.

“I have some advice for you. Never, ever take the advice at face value, given to you by someone desperately eager to give you guidance.”

Eaten either way, the sheep discuss what's the real difference between the shepherd and the wolf.

“Why are we fighting?” I asked. The bomber pilot barely looked up from his target list, “To win the war.”