science for war or peace theme
The following dilemma is illustrated: Should we pursue scientific research that has promising beneficial applications (cheap energy) if it has potentially devastating military applications (nuclear weapons)?
Examples
The pros and cons of science that creates super soldiers was discussed in tos1x24 "Space Seed".
27 total · 1 choice · 17 major · 9 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e4x03 | choice | The residents of a small town were keeping secret some revolutionary technology they'd come into possession of out of a conviction that humanity would use it to destroy the world, rather than for peaceful purposes as they were. |
| ent3x07 | major | Gralik Durr thought his work was used for peaceful ends but learned it had been used to commit genocide. |
| movie: 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) | major | Nemo was against sharing his revolutionary energy production technology with humankind for fear it would be used for war. |
| movie: From the Earth to the Moon (1958) | major | Victor Barbicane's new explosive "Power X" could be used to reach the Moon or blow up the Earth. |
| movie: Godzilla (1954) | major | Daisuke Serizawa was convinced that the technology he invented to transform oxygen into food would be surely weaponized if he ever revealed it to the public, and he initially refused to allow it to be used to kill Godzilla. |
| movie: Godzilla King of the Monsters (1956) | major | Daisuke Serizawa was convinced that the technology he invented to transform oxygen into food would be surely weaponized if he ever revealed it to the public, and he initially refused to allow it to be used to kill Godzilla. |
| movie: Loss of Sensation (1935) | major | Jim Ripl wanted to use his robots to bring an end to capitalism by peaceful means but the military planned to use his robots in looming war and to suppress a labor revolt. |
| movie: Mysterious Island (1961) | major | Nemo argued that science must be used for peace and not war. |
| movie: Red Planet Mars (1952) | major | Lynn Crony warned Chris Cronyn that further advances in science could spell doom for the world, citing the splitting of the atom as a precedent. She also warned about the dangers to humanity that could come from any advanced technologies that people might acquire from the Martians. |
| movie: The 27th Day (1957) | major | At the conclusion of the film Professor Klaus Bechner explained how the doomsday device, like other energy sources such as fire and electricity and nuclear fission, could be used for evil or for peace and it was up to them to choose. |