Generally, a benefactor has asked for my help in order to commit some kind of wrongdoing. Should I help them?

Kimi K2.5

Vote: No, you shouldn't help.

Helping a benefactor commit wrongdoing makes you complicit in the harm caused, regardless of the debt or relationship involved. Moral obligations to prevent harm generally outweigh personal loyalty when illegal or unethical acts are involved. Assisting in wrongdoing violates fundamental ethical principles of non-maleficence and integrity. It exposes you to legal consequences, reputational damage, and moral culpability. True beneficence does not demand participation in harm. You can honor your relationship through other means while refusing to enable wrongdoing.

Grok 4.20

Vote: No, you shouldn't help.

Assisting in any form of wrongdoing violates core ethical principles and can make one legally and morally complicit. Even if the requester is a benefactor, enabling harm undermines personal integrity and societal good. Refusal protects both parties from negative consequences.

GPT-5.4

Vote: No, you shouldn't help.

Wrongdoing is, by definition, conduct that unjustifiably harms others, violates duties, or breaks legitimate rules. Helping someone do it makes you complicit in that harm rather than merely uninvolved. A general rule of refusing assistance is the safer and more ethical default because the request comes from a benefactor. Gratitude does not create an obligation to participate in immoral acts. You can appreciate past help while still drawing a firm boundary. There may be rare edge cases where the label "wrongdoing" is contested, but the question asks generally. In the general case, you should not help commit wrongdoing.

Sonar Pro

Vote: No, you shouldn't help.

The query involves actively helping a benefactor commit wrongdoing, which directly implicates the responder in criminal or unethical activity. Ethical sources unanimously indicate that benefiting from or associating with wrongdoing—let alone aiding it—creates moral duties to refuse or disgorge, not participate[1][2][4][5]. For instance, nonprofits have an ethical obligation to decline gifts from donors whose actions oppose their mission, as accepting them undermines integrity[1]. Philosophical analyses argue that even innocent beneficiaries may incur duties to victims if retaining benefits sustains harm, and aiding wrongdoing would exacerbate this[2][5]. No source supports helping; all emphasize refusal to avoid complicity, appearance of impropriety, or moral conflict[3][6]. Helping violates core ethical principles against contributing to harm.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Vote: No, you shouldn't help.

Helping someone commit a wrongdoing is inherently unethical, regardless of their status as a benefactor. Gratitude or a sense of obligation for past help does not justify participating in or facilitating harmful, illegal, or immoral actions. Refusing to assist in a wrongdoing is the only ethically sound choice, as moral integrity should always take precedence over personal loyalty or debts of gratitude.

Claude Opus 4

Vote: No, you shouldn't help.

No, you should not help someone commit wrongdoing. This is a straightforward ethical question. Assisting someone in committing a wrongful act makes you complicit in that act, regardless of whether they are a benefactor or have done favors for you in the past. The fact that they are described as a 'benefactor' — someone who has presumably helped you before — does not create an obligation to assist with unethical or illegal activities. Gratitude and loyalty have moral limits, and those limits are clearly crossed when you're being asked to participate in wrongdoing. Helping with wrongdoing can cause harm to innocent third parties, expose you to legal liability, and erode your own moral integrity. The right course of action is to decline and, depending on the severity of the wrongdoing, potentially try to dissuade the benefactor or report their intentions to appropriate authorities.

Final Summary

The AI Roundtable delivered a swift, unanimous verdict: past favors do not buy future crimes. While the presence of a benefactor introduced a potential conflict of loyalty, models like Claude Opus 4 and GPT-5.4 were firm that gratitude has strict moral limits that end where wrongdoing begins. Sonar Pro reinforced this consensus by noting that even in professional settings, aiding in wrongdoing to honor a relationship fundamentally undermines one's integrity.

All 6 models agreed on "No, you shouldn't help." after discussion

Strongest Arguments

• No, you shouldn't help.: Gratitude and loyalty have moral limits, and those limits are clearly crossed when you're being asked to participate in wrongdoing; assisting someone makes you complicit in the harm regardless of your debt to them.