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The [[Ferengi]] valued profit, and the ethical standards (or at times lack thereof) in their society reflected this. For example, when [[Quark]] was selling the vacuum-desiccated remains of the entrepreneur [[Plegg]], [[Odo]] found Plegg very much alive; rather than pressing charges or expressing outrage, Plegg found this amusing. ({{DS9|Body Parts}}) One of the [[Rules of Acquisition]] stated "''Treat people in your debt like family: exploit them.''" ({{DS9|Past Tense, Part I|The Darkness and the Light}}) |
The [[Ferengi]] valued profit, and the ethical standards (or at times lack thereof) in their society reflected this. For example, when [[Quark]] was selling the vacuum-desiccated remains of the entrepreneur [[Plegg]], [[Odo]] found Plegg very much alive; rather than pressing charges or expressing outrage, Plegg found this amusing. ({{DS9|Body Parts}}) One of the [[Rules of Acquisition]] stated "''Treat people in your debt like family: exploit them.''" ({{DS9|Past Tense, Part I|The Darkness and the Light}}) |
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Ethics was the study of morality. Every society had a different set of social values and mores that defined what was ethical and what was not; in some cases, two cultures' ethics could be so radically different that conflict was inevitable. This article covers the variations in ethics between societies.
In general, the United Federation of Planets, and particularly Humans, considered the preservation of life paramount to all other things.
While attempting to procure dilithium crystals from the Halkans, James T. Kirk noticed the similarity between Halkan and Federation ethics, in that they would rather die as a race than allow anyone to take even one life with the power of the crystals. Later, when mistaken for mirror Kirk, Tharn refused them again for the same reason, but with more certainty. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
According to Saavik, every ethical scientist in the galaxy deemed protomatter "dangerously unpredictable". (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
Artificial lifeforms such as Data and The Doctor were programmed with ethical subroutines to allow them to make moral choices. (TNG: "Datalore", "VOY", "Equinox, Part II")
In 2369, while Keiko O'Brien was on leave on Earth, Miles O'Brien took charge of her school on Deep Space 9. One of the homework projects he assigned to the older students was to write an essay defining what ethics was. Nog claimed Vulcans had stolen his homework as they did not have ethics. (DS9: "The Nagus")
Business Ethics
When Deanna Troi confronted Devinoni Ral about his unethical usage of his empathic abilities from his secretly quarter-Betazoid heritage to negotiate the Chrysalians' rights to the Barzan wormhole, he countered by asking her if she revealed her abilities to every enemy the USS Enterprise-D encountered. According to him, having an edge in a business deal was less serious than a life and death situation. (TNG: "The Price")
The Ferengi valued profit, and the ethical standards (or at times lack thereof) in their society reflected this. For example, when Quark was selling the vacuum-desiccated remains of the entrepreneur Plegg, Odo found Plegg very much alive; rather than pressing charges or expressing outrage, Plegg found this amusing. (DS9: "Body Parts") One of the Rules of Acquisition stated "Treat people in your debt like family: exploit them." (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "The Darkness and the Light")
Medical Ethics
Denobulan medical ethics had the will of the patient rather than the necessity of providing a cure if possible at its core. (ENT: "Bounty") Doctor Phlox summed this up with the statement "Hippocrates wasn't Denobulan." (ENT: "The Breach") Later, an irate Phlox asked Fer'at where his medical ethics were upon learning that the Vulcan had lied about his area of expertise. (ENT: "The Expanse")
A violation of medical ethics was one of the factors that could lead Starfleet Medical to pursue a formal inquiry into a medical staff member's actions. Dr.Beverly Crusher was the subject of such an inquiry when she performed an autopsy on Dr.Reyga, Ferengi death rituals aside. (TNG: "Suspicions")
While attempting to dodge The Doctor's ministrations, Lewis Zimmerman threatened to report him to the medical ethics board. (VOY: "Life Line")