the end justifies the means theme
The following dilemma is illustrated: Can wicked policies, such as oppression, lead to socially good outcomes? Are the policies morally justified if so?
22 total · 5 choice · 9 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf1x09 | choice | Were the Deathwalker's criminal medical experiments excused by her using the results to develop an immortality drug? |
| ds92x13 | choice | were the alien's justified in killing Miles and Julian just because they had knowledge of how to build the biological weapons? |
| ds96x19 | choice | Benjamin supplies fake intelligence to Romulans in effort to draw them into the war against the Dominion |
| ent3x19 | choice | Should Archer raid the Illyrian vessel and steal the warp coil he needs to repair Enterprise and continue his mission to save Earth from destruction? |
| movie: All the King's Men (1949) | choice | A central question in this story is whether and to what extent Willie Stark dirty, underhanded, and corrupt methods were justifiable by the ultimate good for society that he intended to achieve with them. |
| bbf5x03 | major | is it right to use telepaths to spy in order to save lives or whatever? |
| ds93x12 | major | sanctuary people resorted to taking hostages in order to end their plight |
| ds95x13 | major | Benjamin destroys atmosphere of inhabited planet to capture Eddington |
| ds97x23 | major | Benjamin questioned the ethics of Julian and Miles using illegal Romulan mind probes on Sloan to get needed information about a cure to Odo's disease. |
| movie: Apocalypse Now (1979) | major | Kurtz was to some extent excused being ruthless because he seemed to get the job done |