About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the Prime Directive and whether it is a beneficial policy.

The Prime Directive orders Starfleet officers to refrain from interfering in pre-warprdrive civilizations. It is a doctrine of cultural non-interference... But is it actually a good idea? Scottish Scifi twins Dickie and Stone Lynch return to argue with Heaton about it. Support the show! www.patreon.com/alienating

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Heaton

Guests: Dickie Lynch, Stone Lynch

Topics covered

• Prime Directive
• cultural non-interference
• Starfleet
• Scifi debate
• ethical dilemmas

Keywords

• Prime Directive
• Starfleet
• cultural interference
• Scifi twins
• ethical debate

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Prime Directive

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