It’s been a long … time … since I saw ENT, and I couldn’t recall that episode, so I went and read a plot summary and still had a hard time recalling it.
The plot summary makes it seem, to me at least, like a very specific and constructed scenario to try to justify it ex-post-facto in canon.
My major issue with the directive is how general and unnuanced it is. Of course there are cases where you would not want to intervene because of some unique issue. To avoid helping for fear of potential futures is cowardly and unjustified, however.
It’s not just contrived it’s unethical in the episode that’s supposed to be justifying it. They’re withholding a cure based on “well, fate wants you all to die.” And yes, I’m going with fate and not evolution because that’s not how evolution works dammit.
ENT s1e13 “Dear Doctor” does a great job exploring the arguments that would result in its formation.
It’s been a long … time … since I saw ENT, and I couldn’t recall that episode, so I went and read a plot summary and still had a hard time recalling it.
The plot summary makes it seem, to me at least, like a very specific and constructed scenario to try to justify it ex-post-facto in canon.
My major issue with the directive is how general and unnuanced it is. Of course there are cases where you would not want to intervene because of some unique issue. To avoid helping for fear of potential futures is cowardly and unjustified, however.
It’s not just contrived it’s unethical in the episode that’s supposed to be justifying it. They’re withholding a cure based on “well, fate wants you all to die.” And yes, I’m going with fate and not evolution because that’s not how evolution works dammit.