I just watched Measure of a Man, they rule Data has the right to choose. But in Voyager the EMH gets relegated to forced servitude. Why? Doesn’t that violate precedent?

  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    I think the implication is that Data only has rights because he’s hardware and incredibly hard (maybe impossible) to copy. Essentially, he has rights only because he’s no real threat to the status quo.

    Edit: I think this line of reasoning also dovetails with genetically modified humans being ostracized and having to live in hiding, because they too threaten the status quo.