[Grimnir]

i just watched an episode of star trek voyager with a very interesting moral dilemma

read the plot and then discuss

On stardate 49655.2,[3] Lieutenant Commander Tuvok (Tim Russ) and Neelix (Ethan Phillips) are sent to collect botanical samples from a discovered class M planet. When beamed back aboard Voyager, the two men and the orchidaceae they collected are merged at the molecular level to become a single lifeform which names himself Tuvix (Wright). After ruling out transporter malfunction, the crew discovers that when demolecularized in the matter stream, the genetic material of the alien orchids acted as a symbiogenetic catalyst and is the culprit for the combination of the two crewmembers. Unfortunately, the process cannot be reversed, and Tuvix is accepted as a member of the crew with the rank of lieutenant,[7] functioning as chief tactical officer in Tuvok's stead.

Kes (Jennifer Lien) reacts poorly to Tuvix as his existence deprives her of both Tuvok and Neelix, her mentor and boyfriend respectively. Her displeasure lessens over the course of the episode, but never completely goes away. Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) accepts Tuvix in his role as an excellent chief tactical officer and "an able advisor, who skillfully uses humor to make his points". Tuvix himself, having the combined memories and personalities of his constituents, melds the previously intractable qualities of both and improves upon them, flexing either muscle as the situation requires: "Chief of security or head chef, take your pick!"

Two weeks after the accident, the Doctor (Robert Picardo) develops a contemporary form of barium sulfate (BaSO4) radiocontrasting using a custom radioisotope with which he can identify the disparate DNAs of the two original crewmen and use the transporter to disentangle the two. Tuvix denounces the procedure however. He argues that he has rights and that he doesn't want to die, for to restore the two lost crewmen would require his execution. After discussing the situation with Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran), Kes, and Tuvix himself, Janeway ultimately decides to proceed with the separation, acting in absentia to protect the rights of the two original men. Tuvix makes a final emotive plea for support from the crew, but finds no supporters. After the Doctor refuses to take Tuvix's life in compliance with the medical precept of doing no harm, Janeway performs the procedure herself and succeeds in restoring both Tuvok and Neelix


Was Janeway right or wrong?

[arista]

You have posted this in the Wrong Section.

[Ramsay]

I remember that episode

[arista]

This is a TV Show

Not a News Story

Or a Serious Debate.


This needs to be moved

[Ninastar]

you need slappin down!!

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

you need slappin down!!

[Grimnir]

no i wanted to discuss the moral dilemma, not the tv show

so i placed it in the right section

but now i don't give a **** because you are clearly morons