Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy. Episode 18, The Prime Directive and Postcolonialism
(2019, original release: 2018)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6817376
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

What can science fiction tell us about the dangers of colonialism and moral relativism? Take a look at the Prime Directive and the ethical ramifications of imposing one society's values on another, as you plunge into several episodes from different iterations of Star Trek, including the classic series of the 1960s, The Next Generation, and Enterprise

Film

In Process Record

David Kyle Johnson

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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