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Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"? Logic requires What of Spock's claim, "Logic clearly dictates that the (or can be) at odds with being human makes no sense. Once we see the relationship and potential harmony between reasonĪnd emotion, we can see that Spock's claim that being logical is His emotions should take a backseat until he reassesses his values andīrings them back into line with his logical assessment of the facts. In such cases his rational judgment remains his means of knowledge, and Person's values to be out of line with his rational judgment, but Logical evaluation of Spock's value to him. In this case, Kirk's emotional ties to Spock aligned with his Helping him was the logical and thus human thing to do. The immense value that Spock is to Kirk, both as a friend and as aĬolleague, and given that the mission to help Spock was feasible, "logical" rather, he was right to help Spock because, given Help Spock is not that doing so was "human" as against In regard to the Star Trek example, the reason Kirk was right to Our means of knowledge is reason, the use of Knowledge they are automatic reactions to experiences in relation to Our emotions, though real and important, are not a means of Values are chosen, so even on this score we are substantially (Various other species have an emotional capacity as well, but our We also have the capacity to experience emotions, whichĪre automatic responses to our experiences in relation to our values. Rational faculty also entails volition, the power to choose to think or
We also have the capacity to be illogical, but that is because our Our rational faculty-the very faculty that makes us human. Our capacity to use logic, to a noncontradictory way, is part of The individual are what give rise to the need and possibility of value In logic, (a) there can be no divide between acting logically andĪcting human and (b) as Ayn Rand discovered and explained, the needs of Is the alleged reconciliation of the apparently conflicting ideas withīut this logically is not a reconciliation at all. So Spock, Kirk, and Spock's mother have affirmed the idea thatĪcting logically and acting "human" can be at odds-and thatĪcting logically means always putting the needs of the many first. Thing, and put the needs of the few (or the one) first. That sometimes we must do the "human" thing, not the logical Needs of the many logically outweigh the needs of the few, he suggests Human thing to do." Although Spock reaffirms his claim that the The logical thing to do?" Spock answers, "No, but it is the Vital mission to save Earth and everyone on it. That the crew save him, even at risk of jeopardizing the crew's Later in the film, when crewman Chekov is in trouble, Spock insists Sometimes illogical his mother answers, "They are, indeed!" Gone on the run in order to rescue Spock.) Spock says that humans are Their future to save you." (The crew had broken the law and had "Then you are here because of a mistake-your friends have given Vulcan), asks him whether he still believes that, by logic, the needs of At theīeginning of this film, Spock's mother, who is human (his father is We find an answer in the next film, The Voyage Home (1986). Outweigh the needs of the many." This is, as Spock might say, aįascinating reversal of the message in the previous film. Kirk answers, "Because the needs of the one Soul survive separately, and that it may be possible to rejoin In the next film, The Search for Spock (1984), the crew of theĮnterprise discovers that Spock is not actually dead, that his body and "The needs of the few." Spock replies, "Or the one." His final breaths, says to Kirk, "Don't grieve, Admiral. With the Enterprise (ship) in imminent danger of destruction, SpockĮnters a highly radioactive chamber in order to fix the ship'sĭrive so the crew can escape danger. Scene near the end of the film (spoilers follow). In The Wrath of Khan (1982), Spock says, "Logic clearlyĭictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."Ĭaptain Kirk answers, "Or the one." This sets up a pivotal This claim is made in various scenes in the films, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" (or Is a good time to evaluate or reevaluate the oft-stated Star Trek claim, With this week's DVD release of Star Trek into Darkness, now APA style: Spock's illogic: 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few'.Spock's illogic: 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few'." Retrieved from
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