Like most right-thinking people, I love LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"... but it doesn't half attract Bad Takes.
Hint: Omelas is where we live, more or less, and the thing you'd definitely do if you lived there? It's what you're doing right now as you live your life, not your so-brave/noble/principled/rational [delete as appropriate] words.
(Not subtooting anyone on here but, seriously, never read blog posts or comments about Omelas.)
@okiekiki My other favourite LeGuin story is "The Author of the Acacia Seeds" - which might also be good for first-year composition students, now I think of it.