Star Trek's Prime Directive Makes No Sense... And Why It's Not Supposed To

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Prime Directive
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Prime Directive (2023)
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Star Trek's Prime Directive is as ubiquitous as it is inconsistently and immorally applied. At least, that's the opinion that usually gets tossed around. And sure Starfleet may lack consistency, but is the core idea of The Prime Directive actually sound? Under a more responsible organization, could it actually be the moral option to allow injustice and suffering to endure on alien worlds?

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:12 Why Picard Thinks He's Right
04:33 Does Enterprise Support This
06:12 Case 1: Episodes "Against" The Prime Directive
08:39 Case 2: When Humans Were Pre-Warp
09:51 Case 3: The Communicator
11:20 Case 3: The Unseen Disasters
12:17 Case 3: Cogenitor - Why Starfleet Can't Interfere
14:00 Problem 1: Is This Situation Representative?
14:41 Problem 2: Starfleet Isn't Actually Helping
16:02 Problem 3: Discrimination Isn't the Whole Problem
19:18 Cogenitor: What Trip Should Have Done
20:37 Conclusions

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