exploitation of sentient beings theme
We are made to ponder what is needed for a creature to be considered sentient and when the exploitation of such a creature becomes shameful. Exploiting beasts of burden is typically condoned but the same treatment of human beings would be morally reprehensible.
20 total · 3 choice · 14 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng1x01/02 | choice | space jellyfish exploited by Bandi |
| tos3x19 | choice | Troglytes exploited in the mines |
| voy3x05 | choice | Arridor and Kol exploit a Bronze Age people for economic gain |
| ldr2019e3x06 | major | Galina struggled over whether to work with Simon to help humanity flourish because the execution of his plan would exploit the Swarm aliens. In the end, she conceded that there was nothing immoral with Simon's plan. |
| movie: Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967) | major | The baby Gappa was taken from its remote island home, brought back to Japan, and put in an amusement park. |
| movie: Gorgo (1961) | major | The sea monster Gorgo was captured and brought back to London where it was exploited at the circus. |
| movie: Le Prix du Danger (1983) | major | There was an ongoing conflict between the game show producers and a group of activists over where it was morally acceptable to permit willing contestants to perform death defying feats in the hope of winning prize money. |
| movie: Mighty Joe Young (1949) | major | Hollywood producer exploited the gorilla Joe Young by putting it on stage night after night and keeping it in a cage. |
| movie: Mothra (1961) | major | Capitalist Clark Nelson abducted two tiny women from a remote Polynesian island and forced them to perform in "Secret Fairy Shows" for paying audiences. |
| movie: Space Is the Place (1974) | major | Sun Ran came from outer space to liberate the blacks from the white imposed power structure they were subject to. |