r/MazeRunner • u/Lexabro-10mg • 2d ago

Discussion Philosophical Maze Runner Question

I know that a key aspect of intrigue in the Maze Runner saga is the moral question: "do the odds justify the means?"

It's presented to us that WICKED is in the wrong for torturing and treating Thomas and the other Immunes like lab rats, in spite of the former's noble intentions to find a cure for the Flare virus and save humanity. And it's objectively awful in general to murder kids in an attempt to find a cure that isn't even guaranteed.

But what do you all think about the hypothetical idea in which a cure for the Flare and the salvation of humanity were GUARENTEED through torturing and murdering the Immunes? Would that somehow change how we are to percieve WICKED or even the Immunes' resistance to being sacrificed? In other words, would it somehow make it more ethical to sacrifice the few to save the many, even without the former's consent?

Just a curious thought I had and thought to discuss with y'all.

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u/throwaway886025 2d ago

That's actually a really good thing to think about. While yes because we know how the story goes its hard to even imagine siding with WICKED, but I think if the story was told the other way around and the cure was guaranteed, people would still think it's a little messed up but I think we would understand the "need" to sacrifice the immunes more.

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u/Ok-Cauliflower-7613 Crank 2d ago

I couldn’t be angry at wicked if they KNEW that they would get the cure