She argues that the positive duty to do good and save lives would in this case outweigh the negative duty of not hurting someone. Foot’s own response was that it would be morally justifiable to steer the trolley to kill the single person, as that has a net gain of four lives. The question is, which action is moral? Certainly, one death seems like a better outcome than five… but if you pull the switch you are directly responsible for that one death! The American philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson later wrote a paper that offers a slight variation in which the only way to stop the trolley is to directly shove a fat man onto the track. There is a switch you can throw to move the trolley to the other track, where there is only one person. The Trolley Problem, introduced by Philippa Foot, imagines that a runaway trolley is barreling down the track at five people. You may well have heard of the Trolley Problem, a version of which is illustrated above. Did he truly care about the denizens of Hallownest? Or did he just want to continue being worshipped and revered? Here, we will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he did it to save the people (well bugs in this case) for their own sakes. There is no way to know the Pale King’s intentions with attempting to save the kingdom. However, as we will discuss, the Pale King was unsuccessful in his attempts, and the game begins as the plague begins anew in the kingdom of Hallownest… Vessels are born as children but also made from void, which can seal away the light of the infection, and are meant to be genderless, having no real sense of identity. No voice to cry suffering ensures that the vessel is able to do its job in stoic silence.
No will to break means the vessel’s resiliency can’t eventually be worn down. No mind to think means no persuading or tempting the vessel to succumb to the infection. Vessels are meant to be mindless, will-less, and voiceless. The Pale King attempted to seal away the plague in a vessel. But how do you fight a plague that attacks from within? The plague infects the dreams of the citizens of Hallownest, promising them power and slowly eating away at their ability to resist it, tempting them further and further until they succumb to it, allowing it to take control of their body. This plague is special, because it doesn’t infect from the body, but rather the mind. These are the words spoken by the Pale King as he attempts to fight the plague running rampant throughout his kingdom. If you have any interest in the game, we strongly recommend playing it in its entirety before reading this post, as the game is best when experienced for yourself. Spoiler Warning: The following post contains major spoilers for Hollow Knight.
No Cost Too Great: A Look at the Pale King’s Attempt to Save the Kingdom of Hallownest
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