And those bad decisions are vindicated as they lead to the desired outcome.
I'm liking the show so far but...
- Thread starter Two-Bit
- Start date
Payback can be a bitch. The Romulans killed an entire Starfleet crew, and the lost a senator. I call that a bargain.
Were they bad decisions and were the decisions truly amoral? I would think not using every tool at your disposal to save lives and possibly end fighting earlier is also an amoral state of being.
Could I pull the trigger on such a plan that essentially sentences four or five people (we also have to remember Vreenak's pilot and guards) to death to possibly save thousands or millions? I don't know? Luckily, I will never be in a position to have to make that kind of choice.
From where I'm sitting, it is math.
I always love how Star Trek having a certain outcome indicates the moral rightness of the character's decision.
Yeah, that's fucked up logic.
There were many issues being addressed by the episode, making it difficult to encapsulate them all. I believe that a major part of the episode is how the interests of the state can complicate one's moral code.
Hey, if you want to nitpick, why not go all the way?
I think Sisko, even unknowingly, qualifies as an accessory to murder. I also think when called on it, he would admit to it.
I think that's more the point. I don't think it is meant to have that clear answer, and its nebulousness is why we are still taking about it 20 years hence.
I would completely agree.
Morals of the whole don't always match the morals of the individual?
More like raison d'état does not match up with individual morality. The state will, and often does, things it denies its citizens.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few....or something something.
I like "In the Pale Moonlight", it's my favorite episode of DS9, but it's as far from a morality play as you can get.
But someone torn up over pragmatism? Yeah, I can see that.
But someone torn up over pragmatism? Yeah, I can see that.
Yes, and I would prefer that. I have plenty of other places to get my moral lessons. A TV show isn't my go to.
That's because they weren't bad.
