order vs. freedom theme
The typically desirable quality of order in society is contraposed with the typically desirable quality of individual freedom. Should we limit how people can move about in order to avoid potential chaos?
22 total · 7 choice · 9 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds92x25 | choice | Cardassian order vs Federation freedom |
| rbt1985e5x05 | choice | A main point of the story was to show how the totalitarian, militaristic, imperialistic an powerful society of the Martians succumbed to the culturally far more appealing patterns of life in contemporary America, much in the way that blue jeans and rock n' roll sometimes said to have conquered the Soviet Union. |
| tng5x13 | choice | Conor vs. Hanna |
| tos1x22 | choice | Children of Landru :: harmony under Landru at the price of freedom |
| tos2x09 | choice | order but stagnation under Vaal |
| tos3x20 | choice | Federation order vs. hippie paradise on mythical planet |
| voy2x18 | choice | order in society vs. human rights |
| bbf3x05 | major | we saw civil liberties curtailed in the name of order |
| futurama4x05 | major | Zoidberg's people conquered Earth, imposed order, and took away everybody's freedoms. |
| movie: Libra (1978) | major | The people on Libra advocated individual freedom whereas the international planners on Earth invoked the need for order to justify the imposition of their onerous regulations. |