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5000 VS 50000 (minor spoilers)
Elissa 2022-02-14 08:01:26
The first decision, the result of the female president's unwillingness to leave anyone behind was the extinction of mankind, if it weren't for Lee's eagerness to become wise. For the second time, she did not hesitate to leave 5,000 people to save 50,000 people. This kind of change is very realistic, and there is only one way to destroy it. In order for more people to survive, sacrifice part. This choice has always been controversial. The "Queen VS Dudley & Stevens" case discussed in the second episode of Justice's public class is essentially the same as this choice: only The whole can survive only by sacrificing some people; the difference is that in this drama, this whole is all mankind. This relatively gives the female president stronger legitimacy for this choice. Utilitarianism overwhelms idealism as a last resort; but it absolutely cannot be said that this choice is not wrong; many interpretations of this famous case just prove that no choice is right in this case. The survivors represented by Galectica can even be said to have become the "dark humans" defined by Liu Cixin's "Three-Body" trilogy-in simple terms, to survive by unscrupulous means or even at the expense of others. Putting ethical propositions in the context of the universe and looking directly at the fierce conflicts of different moral rules is a great pleasure of watching science fiction.
Extended Reading
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Captain of Colonial Heavy 798: Geminion liner 1701, this is Colonial Heavy 798.
Captain of Colonial Heavy 798: [realizes that the newly-vowed president is behind him] No, strike that. This is Colonial One.
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Adama: [sensing despair at the funeral service after the battle at Ragnor] Are they the lucky ones? That's what you're thinking, isn't it? We're a long way from home. We've jumped way beyond the Red Line into uncharted space. Limited supplies. Limited fuel. No allies. And now no hope! Maybe it would have been better for us to have died quickly back on the colonies with our families instead of dying out here slowly in the emptiness of dark space. Where shall we go? What shall we do? "Life here began out there". Those are the first words of the sacred scrolls. And they were told to us by the Lords of Kobol many countless centuries ago. And they made it perfectly clear that we are not alone in this universe. Elosha, there's a 13th colony of humankind, is there not?
Priest Elosha: Yes. The scrolls tell us a 13th tribe left Kobol in the Early Days. They traveled far and made their home upon a planet called Earth, which circled a distant and unknown star.
Adama: It's not unknown. I know where it is! Earth - the most guarded secret we have. The location was only known by the senior commanders of the fleet, and we dared not share it with the public. Not while there was a Cylon threat upon us. For now we have a refuge to go to. A refuge that the Cylons know nothing about! It won't be an easy journey. It will be long and arduous. But I promise you one thing. On the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it. And Earth will become our new home. So say we all!
Galactica Crew: So say we all!
Adama: [louder] So say we all!
Galactica Crew: So say we all!
Adama: [very much louder] So say we all!
Galactica Crew: [louder] So say we all!
Adama: [standing at attention with the crew] So say we all.
Priest Elosha: So say we all.