Dear Doctor: An Ethical Examination of Star Trek's Prime Directive
Channel: Professor McCoige
Date: 2023-06-03

In this video I discuss the ethics of Star Trek's "Prime Directive" in the context of the Enterprise episode "Dear Doctor" (Season 1, Episode 13). 

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