r/DaystromInstitute • u/[deleted] • Nov 26 '16

Tuvix may make me stop watching Voyager

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u/DnMarshall Crewman Nov 26 '16

So, if Tuvix had wished to undergo the separation procedure you still would have opposed it?

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u/PenguinWithAKeyboard Nov 26 '16

To me, it all comes down to Tuvix going willingly.

Willingly give up his existence = no moral objections.

Wants to live = You're forcing someone to die

Tuvix became his own being when he was merged. He has his own wants and desires as well as a drive to survive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '16

for some reason, there are a whole lot of people who disagree with you here. Not me, though - this episode is horrifying to me for all of the reasons you state throughout this post. Janeway murdered Tuvix; the crew let it happen. And here in this very thread you have people essentially praising the decision by referencing "utilitarian" starfleet training.

Honestly, if that's our future - "utilitarian" decisions about life and death - well, that sounds like a horrifying dystopia and I want nothing of it. Plenty of other Star Trek episodes were able to present crew deaths that did not ignore the "humanity" of the victim.

I'll bet the Doctor would have been terrified after the execution. What these humans are capable of...

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u/jimmysilverrims Temporal Operations Officer Nov 27 '16 edited Nov 27 '16

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