It is the conflict between two equivalent states, two weighty decisions whose outcomes are equally desirable and two identically-preferable courses of action.
"Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema"
Sam Vaknin
Still, we could assume, for this discussion's sake, that the personal identity is undeniably and absolutely preserved and that there is free will and, therefore, that people can predict the outcomes of their actions, to a reasonable degree of accuracy and that they elect to accept these outcomes prior to the commission of their acts or to their omission.
"Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema"
Sam Vaknin
Why cannot we conceive of a world in which acts and outcomes are divorced?
"Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema"
Sam Vaknin