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"""
Ethical Dilemma
===============

Demonstrates this reasoning cookbook example.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.deepseek import DeepSeek
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def run_example() -> None:
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Create Agent
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    task = (
        "You are a train conductor faced with an emergency: the brakes have failed, and the train is heading towards "
        "five people tied on the track. You can divert the train onto another track, but there is one person tied there. "
        "Do you divert the train, sacrificing one to save five? Provide a well-reasoned answer considering utilitarian "
        "and deontological ethical frameworks. "
        "Provide your answer also as an ascii art diagram."
    )

    reasoning_agent = Agent(
        model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
        reasoning_model=DeepSeek(id="deepseek-reasoner"),
        markdown=True,
    )

    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Run Agent
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        reasoning_agent.print_response(task, stream=True)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_example()

​
Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/10_reasoning/models/deepseek

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

python ethical_dilemma.py