I had the same feeling with the quest where you had to make/find a cure/potion for the people that were quarantined. Only 2 potions but 3 people to save. The amount of people that were asking how to save all 3.
To me this is an examople of "the lesser evil". There's no winners, rthere, so to say.
The Sword In The Stone, however, teaches you a lesson of ... greed, for example.
