• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    save the entire crew specifically because he’s blind

    so you take away a persons autonomy to have the potential to be able to see and live a life with natural sight as you see a use for it.

    You did a 360 there on the ethics and wandered into utilitarian territory reducing people to things.

    You might not define it as a disability but it’s still taking autonomy from someone. They could just as well invent a tool to help save the crew. There is more than one option for things such as that rather than reducing a persons entire definition to their difference and how useful it is to you.

    Human condition is more than their differences or their use to you.

    • astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz
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      2 hours ago

      I think he was getting at that Geordi’s decision to remain blind and accommodated with his VISOR ended up having unforeseen positive consequences. In other words, pluralism leads to unforeseen positive side effects.