saving innocent lives vs. compromising one's ethical principles theme

A character must choose whether or not to commit unsavory acts in order to save innocent people.

Examples

Riker could have saved mining colonists and a dead child with his new Q-powers in tng1x10 "Hide and Q" if he had broken his word to Picard.

3 total · 1 choice · 1 major · 1 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
blackmirror1x01 choice Should the Prime minister copulate with a pig on national television to save his political career and the life of beloved Royal Family member Princess Susannah.
ds92x08 major Odo covered up Kira's murder of Vaatrik's husband in order to save Bajorans from summary execution
tng1x10 minor Riker :: Riker about the mining colonists