"The Prime Directive – A Real World Case" Topic
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Tango01 | 30 Aug 2015 12:38 p.m. PST |
"Trying to observe but not harm another civilization can be tricky business, as Michael Michaud explains in the article below. While Star Trek gave us a model for non-interference when new cultures are encountered, even its fictional world was rife with departures from its stated principles. We can see the problem in microcosm in ongoing events in Peru, where a tribal culture coming into contact with its modern counterparts raises deeply ambiguous questions about its intentions. Michaud, author of Contact with Alien Civilizations (Copernicus, 2007), draws on his lengthy career in the U.S. Foreign Service to frame the issue of disruptive cultural encounter. Science fiction fans all know of the Prime Directive, usually described as avoiding contact with a less technologically advanced civilization to prevent disruption of that society's development. In a 1968 Star Trek episode, the directive was explicitly defined: "No identification of self or mission. No interference with the social development of said planet. No references to space or the fact that there are other worlds or civilizations." Another version of the Prime Directive forbade introducing superior knowledge or technology to a society that is incapable of handling such advantages wisely. Commentators have pointed out many violations of the directive in the Star Trek series (and in other science fiction programs). The Enterprise crew sometimes intervened to prevent tragedy or promote positive outcomes. De facto, observance of the Prime Directive was scenario-dependent…" Full text here centauri-dreams.org/?p=33927 Amicalement Armand |
Coelacanth1938 | 31 Aug 2015 2:56 a.m. PST |
I think the Prime Directive was put in effect to stop the Federation from going bankrupt…. "We have to evacuate another planet with a four billion population!?" |
Legion 4 | 31 Aug 2015 7:59 a.m. PST |
Hopefully … if any aliens land or land again, etc. … they have a Prime Directive, like the UFP … |
Tango01 | 31 Aug 2015 12:04 p.m. PST |
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Mithmee | 31 Aug 2015 12:45 p.m. PST |
they have a Prime Directive Yes and more than likely it comes with a cookbook. |
Legion 4 | 31 Aug 2015 12:58 p.m. PST |
When they invite you over for dinner … they invite YOU over … for dinner … |
Bunkermeister | 31 Aug 2015 9:52 p.m. PST |
Allow whole civilizations to starve to death when you could feed them. Allow children to die of diseases you could easily kill. The Prime Directive is immoral and unethical. We do not live to serve Darwinism. Mike Bunkermeister Creek bunkermeister.blogspot.com |
Legion 4 | 02 Sep 2015 1:07 p.m. PST |
Someone in the UFP ain't gonna' like that take on it … |
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