Philosophical Writing Prompts

A demon offers to grant all of your wildest dreams in exchange for the blood of 5 innocents. unbeknownst to him you are a trauma surgeon and you realize he never said the innocent weren't required to be dead.

"So, there's living, dead, and undead. Doesn't that imply that there are 'unliving' things as well?" Your master looks at you, with horror in their eyes.

You are badly injured and the only way to keep you alive is to inject experimental new nanobots into your body. While healing, you begin to sense an intelligence emerging from the nanobots, and then, one day, the intelligence speaks to you "Hello, what am I?"

You were given immortality to atone for your horrific crimes against humanity. You wander the earth for millennium. Finally, you are given the option to revoke your immortality and end your suffering. You deny it.

You, a fake clone, are stuck in the classic “Shoot one, let one live” situation. To your horror, the person with the gun outsmarts you and uncovers that you were fake all along. Just as you brace yourself for the bullet, they point their gun towards the real person and pulls the trigger.

"Oh please daddy please!" My daughter begs. "I promise I will look after them!" I am skeptical, but what the hell. She is almost 6. "An artificial world is a real responsibility, pumpkin. They are sentient. Don't forget to feed them and give them purpose." She cries in glee. I boot the world.

The lawyer paces the courtroom. "Look at my client," He says. "He became an unaging immortal at the age of 12. He graduated college long before any of us were born! He has a 20 greats grandnephew! Why do child labor laws prohibiting 12 year olds from getting jobs still apply to him?!"

A lesser God has bestowed you the power to erase your memory but only of works of fiction. It's a mediocre gift, but you get to enjoy your favorite movies and books anew. Settling down to enjoy your favorite fantasy book/movie, you once again invoke your gift. The memory does not fade.

In the future, medical science has advanced to the point where people are functionally immortal. However, the Grim Reaper likes to visit people on the day they would have died of natural causes for a talk.

Being immortal can get dull. In order to spice things up, every 100 years you create a main goal to works towards. In the past you have been the most revered ruler and another time the most sought after sword maker. It has once again been 100 years and it is time to make your new goal.

The scariest phrase that can come out of a Human's mouth is "Makes sense, that's how i'd do it"

"A human body's chemicals for fear and excitement are identical. A human that experiences the effects of that chemical and does not think they are in danger will conclude that they are excited. I believe this explains certain species' rising popularity with humans."

You're offered a deal, push the button and you get 100k, but the person that hates you the most gets double. As far as you know no one actually hates you so you push it. 10 minutes later you get a text from the person you love most that they just got 200k deposited into their bank account...

"Father, if Necromancers are evil and all get hunted down, why is the court wizard allowed to be one?"

“You may make three wishes. Once you have, I will choose two to grant and one to forever bar you from gaining.”

"How can you claim they are friendly? They have never been registered." "All spacefaring organisms are harmless. If they weren't, they could have defended their native habitat. After all, why would an apex predator need to expand its territory into space? Let them land and you'll see."

While having humans on initial survey teams to determine if a planet is hospitable enough to support a colony, it's important to remember that a humans definition of 'hospitable' is vastly different from the rest of the galaxy.

“Why would you choose that monster over me!” The hero yelled at their former protégé, who stood beside the villain. The protégé answered, “Because they treated me like a child, not a foot soldier.”

Everyone talks about horrible people being reincarnated into animals, no one talks about amazing animals being reincarnated into people

Everyone received the exact amount of money they would need for the rest of their life. Most people got many thousands or even millions, while you were given exactly five bucks.

Ever since your dog was supposed to pass, you've bartered with Death to trade one year off of your lifespan to give to your dog. Today, you realize you've used them all up.

The forging of a magic sword requires a human sacrifice, and for the newest and most powerful one, a retired general renowned for many victories was chosen. However, the makers of the sword didn't know that out of disgust for the horrors of war he had seen and inflicted, he became a pacifist.

Many ages ago Death was defeated and sealed. Immortality is the norm, but the loss of death has lead to a society of ultralites that rule over never dying slaves. As Death's first reaper after the unsealing, you are here to remind them why Death exists... and why your master should be feared.

You die and go to hell, instead of burning in a fire hotter than the sun, you sit in a field of flowers and the air smells like your favorite fruit. After asking the devil why hell seems like a paradise, he tells "I'm here because I don't obey the big guy"

“I’ve seen what your secret identity has done. The charities, the scholarships, the women shelters. In fact you may have may done more good in this world than I ever could, even as their hero. So why do you still dress up as the villain?”

Humans are the only species that isn't a hive mind, telepathic, or otherwise linked. Humans are the only species that can lie.

A deity has had enough and is ready to die, however one tiny human still calls their name in prayer, forcing this deity to exist. The deity now attempts to help the tiny human in order to finally fade away.

The humans described themselves as warlike, cruel and insane. Turns out the largest issue of humanity the galaxy needs to deal with is their self-hate.

"That power corrupts people," they cried, "you'll become a monster!" That was a hundred years ago, and you're beginning to wonder when the 'evil' is going to kick in

Immortals get only one billion words to speak, after which they immediately die. You've gone centuries in silence, as you have only twelve words remaining.