compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need theme
Someone is torn up over doing something they feel they greatly need to do, but that is ethically unsavory to them.
Examples
In voy5x26 "Equinox, Part I" it is revealed that the Equinox crew choose to exploit and kill aliens in order to be able to get back to Earth, a voyage that would have taken more than a lifetime otherwise.
32 total · 7 choice · 22 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x22 | choice | The crux of this story is Father Amion wrestling with whether to gamble (a thing he fervently preaches against) on a "sure thing" at the horse races in order to pay for essential repairs to the parish church ceiling. |
| blackmirror6x05 | choice | The perpetual dilemma illustrated was whether Nida should kill various, mostly wicked, people in order to prevent the end of the world the demon Gaap claimed would happen otherwise. |
| ds96x17 | choice | Kira Meru became Dukat's mistress in order to improve her own and her family's lot in life |
| ent2x25 | choice | The Tellarite about whether or not to turn over a possibly innocent man to the Klingons and take the money. |
| ent3x19 | choice | Should Archer raid the Illyrian vessel and steal the warp coil he needs to repair Enterprise and continue his mission to save Earth from destruction? |
| voy1x01/02 | choice | Janeway destroys the Array and with it their only way home |
| voy5x26 | choice | Equinox crew abandoned the Prime Directive in order to return to the Alpha Quadrant |
| ahp3x20 | major | Fran was tempted to steal, and briefly to sell her body, in order to get the money she owed and to save her marriage. |
| ahp6x04 | major | The story built up to the following personal ethical dilemma for Bernie: should he spoil Aaron's sculpture in order to protect his own job, which he sorely needed? |
| bbf4x14 | major | Lyta tempted by Bester and other shady opportunities |