Star Trek 3 Plot: 10 Moral Dilemmas From The Show That Could Be Resurrected
7. To Do Whats Right... Or What Is Ordered?
Star Trek: Insurrection looked at this scenario. Picard was faced with the issue of blindly following orders from a superior officer or disobeying them on the basis of their questionable morality. Picard exercised his own judgement and placed his career in jeopardy in order to adhere to a higher ethical, professional standard. Will we see this scenario raise is noble head in Star Trek III? Will Kirk or a fellow officer follow his or her conscience? It stands to reason that if captain and crew of the USS Enterprise are true heroes, then obviously this is a moral dilemma that can easily find itself woven into the plot. Perhaps itll be a choice of disobeying Star Fleet in order to save Spocks life? In Amok Time, Kirk disobeyed orders in order to get Spock to Vulcan to initiate Ponn Farr. Remember that one? Sure maybe it was a bit selfish in that Spock was his best friend and all that, but therell be plenty of opportunities for Kirk to disobey orders yet again, in order to serve the greater good. Of course, in the next movie, my bets on our faithful local sawbones, Dr. Leonard H. McCoy.
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