Going Where No One Has Gone Before, Gingerly?
Going Where No One Has Gone Before, Gingerly? By Kevin S. Decker In a recent edition of Forbes, Janet Stemwedel, an ethics and science writer, asked the question, “Is Star Trek’s Prime Directive ethical?” Stemwedel considers two aspects of the Prime Directive’s moral dimensions (autonomy and consequences) and comes to the conclusion that the Prime…