euthanasia theme
We are asked how and when, if ever, we should allow and assist the "merciful" killing of someone who is thought to suffer greatly without any other hope of relief.
18 total · 5 choice · 3 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds94x24 | choice | Bashir objected to Trevan performing euthanasia on sufferers of the blight |
| tng4x22 | choice | Timicin was expected and pressured to commit suicide at the age of 65. |
| tng5x16 | choice | Worf wanted to end his life after becoming paralyzed in a freak accident. This was a source of much controversy among his family, friends, and fellow crew members. |
| voy1x09 | choice | Hatil expected to commit ritual suicide by his family |
| voy2x18 | choice | The Q Continuum denied Quinn what he took to be his right to take his own life. |
| ahp5x08 | major | J.J. Bunce of the Society of Gerology was going around killing old people for the greater good. |
| nightgallery2x02b | major | We are perhaps led to think that the wife was mercy killing her husband. |
| tos1x15 | major | would it not be better to just let Oike die with dignity |
| ahp5x05 | minor | Cindy briefly and insincerely tried to justify her homicidal inclination as being a kindness. |
| apuleius180tgab10inset1 | minor | The stepmother's villainous slave told the physician he needed a strong poison for a incurably sick man who wished to end his life. |