Might have been interesting, but the 'moral quandary' was just annoying and overly preachy with a disappointing outcome.
Then there's the hypocrisy at the end. "We'll use this evil data because it's useful, then delete it after we're finished with it, because it's evil."
Even in TNG, a supposedly 'unethical' doctor conducting medical research on unsuspecting people wasn't imprisoned or 'deleted'. Her knowledge was used (to replace Worf's spinal cord), and she got a slap on the wrist.
I'm pretty sure we've even used data gained from unethical Nazi medical experiments, I know we've definitely kept and used data from unethical psychological experiments. We've also kept medical research from all of human history, despite the fact that we have no idea how much data was obtained through cruel experimentation on people.
Ignorance is bliss? It's hypocritical.
You can absolutely condemn, find abhorrent, and punish unethical medical research practices, whilst not throwing the data away. It makes all the suffering pointless if at least some good can't come from it. I'm pretty sure that people would rather some good can come from their suffering, even if it came from their deaths.
Will we delete all data gained from animal testing once we decide (and are able) to stop conducting it? No. I know it's not the same, but we should make the best use of information we can to help others, no matter how it was obtained. We can still punish unethical behaviour.
Throw in the nonsense about deleting a holodeck character because the guy he's based on is a 'bad guy', and not changing his appearance despite it being so upsetting to the patient (and the butthurt bajoran), whilst being so easy for them to do.
Helpful Crewman: "Computer: Make him look like a sexy vulcan with a kind face!"
Tone Deaf EMH: "Computer: Belay that. He's a great doctor, what should it matter what he looks like? I don't care if you dumb organics can't be completely objective and ignore physical appearance!"
It's interesting that this was more of a moral/ethical problem for the crew than murdering Tuvix was. Ah, Starfleet's finest, for sure.
Then there's the hypocrisy at the end. "We'll use this evil data because it's useful, then delete it after we're finished with it, because it's evil."
Even in TNG, a supposedly 'unethical' doctor conducting medical research on unsuspecting people wasn't imprisoned or 'deleted'. Her knowledge was used (to replace Worf's spinal cord), and she got a slap on the wrist.
I'm pretty sure we've even used data gained from unethical Nazi medical experiments, I know we've definitely kept and used data from unethical psychological experiments. We've also kept medical research from all of human history, despite the fact that we have no idea how much data was obtained through cruel experimentation on people.
Ignorance is bliss? It's hypocritical.
You can absolutely condemn, find abhorrent, and punish unethical medical research practices, whilst not throwing the data away. It makes all the suffering pointless if at least some good can't come from it. I'm pretty sure that people would rather some good can come from their suffering, even if it came from their deaths.
Will we delete all data gained from animal testing once we decide (and are able) to stop conducting it? No. I know it's not the same, but we should make the best use of information we can to help others, no matter how it was obtained. We can still punish unethical behaviour.
Throw in the nonsense about deleting a holodeck character because the guy he's based on is a 'bad guy', and not changing his appearance despite it being so upsetting to the patient (and the butthurt bajoran), whilst being so easy for them to do.
Helpful Crewman: "Computer: Make him look like a sexy vulcan with a kind face!"
Tone Deaf EMH: "Computer: Belay that. He's a great doctor, what should it matter what he looks like? I don't care if you dumb organics can't be completely objective and ignore physical appearance!"
It's interesting that this was more of a moral/ethical problem for the crew than murdering Tuvix was. Ah, Starfleet's finest, for sure.