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The Exam Seat
Classroom / midterm day
During a midterm, you notice your close friend looking at hidden notes. After class, they beg you not to tell anyone because they are afraid of failing.
VIS 145B · Spring 2026 · Ethical Dilemma
Honesty vs Friend
A realtime interactive web artwork where friendship becomes a moral pressure system. Choose between honesty and protecting a friend, then watch how each choice changes the ending.
Project Statement
This project explores a Type A Ethical Dilemma. The player faces five everyday situations where they must choose between being honest and protecting a friend.
Why Type A?
This is a Type A ethical dilemma because honesty and protecting a friend can both be ethical obligations. Honesty protects fairness and accountability. Protecting a friend expresses loyalty and care.
Resolution Strategy
My recommended strategy is honest care: support the friend emotionally without fully hiding the truth.
Public / Wild Mode
This work can operate in the wild through a public QR code in a classroom, apartment lobby, campus hallway, studio space, or group chat.
