compassion vs. self-preservation theme
Someone is forced to choose between acting with compassion toward another, and saving his or her own skin.
18 total · 6 choice · 5 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf1x03 | choice | Adira Tyree had to choose between hurting Londo and saving her skin. |
| ds94x04 | choice | Miles wanted to escape from Jem'Hadar and Bashir wanted to help them overcome their drug addiction |
| ds94x05 | choice | Dukat about whether to kill his illicit daughter to protect himself and his family |
| movie: Casablanca (1942) | choice | At the center of the story is the cynical Rick who prided himself of sticking his neck out for nobody. Time and again he proved this by turning a deaf ear as people pleaded to him to intervene on their behalf. His composure was fast shattered when a former lover, Ilsa, turned up with her new partner, Victor, on the run from the Third Reich. The story culminated with Rick seriously jeopardizing his own life and liberty to save both Ilsa and Victor. |
| tos3x08 | choice | Gem :: Gem |
| voy4x16 | choice | helping species 8472 at great risk to crew |
| movie: Breathless (1960) | major | Patricia had a personal ethical dilemma regarding whether to betray her lover Michel to the police after the police had threatened her |
| tftc1989e2x17 | major | Frank, fearing for his own life, refused to undergo the separation process that his brother Eddie so desperately craved. |
| tftc1989e3x07 | major | The compassionate, gentle vampire Donald Longtooth reluctantly resorted to satiating his bloodlust the old fashioned way in order to save many of his colleagues at the blood bank, where he worked as nightwatchman, from getting laid off from their jobs. |
| tng2x07 | major | Picard :: Picard curtails Pulaski's research to cure disease to prevent it from spreading any further |