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[JirinPanthosa]

There are more moral nuances in the situation in Insurrection than either the writers realized or a one sentence reduction "Six hundred people selfishly monopolizing a resource" can describe.

Pure utilitarian arguments that the needs of billions outweigh the needs of six hundred could be extended to defend slavery or doctors experimenting on patients without their knowledge or consent. And situations where one group forcefully relocates another group to economize their resources have certain historical parallels which were obviously how the writers were trying to frame the moral argument.

Most of the time when a group invokes 'The needs of the many' as a moral defense, they just happen to be a member of said 'Many', and are intending to force their will on the 'Few'.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

There are more moral nuances in the situation in Insurrection than either the writers realized or a one sentence reduction "Six hundred people selfishly monopolizing a resource" can describe.

Pure utilitarian arguments that the needs of billions outweigh the needs of six hundred could be extended to defend slavery or doctors experimenting on patients without their knowledge or consent. And situations where one group forcefully relocates another group to economize their resources have certain historical parallels which were obviously how the writers were trying to frame the moral argument.

Most of the time when a group invokes 'The needs of the many' as a moral defense, they just happen to be a member of said 'Many', and are intending to force their will on the 'Few'.

The problem is that they are not really forcefully relocated, they are removed from the place because if they stay there they're going to die. Basically, it's the same situation as in The Ensigns of Command, except that we're supposed to believe that the good guys have now switched places with the bad ones for no other reason than it's plot convenient.