pre-crime responsibility theme
The following hypothetical dilemma is considered: If through some marvel of time travel like technology it is possible to prove that someone is about to commit a crime in the future, can they then be arrested and considered guilty already in the present?
Examples
In Philip K. Dick's 1956 science fiction short story "The Minority Report", PreCrime police officers can put people in a detainment camp before they commit the crime they are destined to commit.
3 total · 2 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama6x16 | major | The police were arresting people who were predicted of committing crimes in the future. |
| movie: Minority Report (2002) | major | We are made to ponder the ethics of putting people away for murders that they are predicted to commit by special people who receive ore or less reliable visions of the future. |
| voy5x24 | minor | Braxton was arrested by a man form the future for a crime that future 29th century Braxton was destined to commit. |