The star trek prime directive is essentially “every species has the right to develop their own culture.”. Which nicely mirrors an EPD phrasing of “every person had the right to develop their own gender.”
If we instead go with a phrasing like “never interfere with pre-warp societies”, we’d need to add on bits about “except when they’re about to die” or “except when the fate of the galaxy is at stake”.or “except if you know them really well”, and have a codicil for the similar principle where warp-capable species also get to do their own thing.
Here’s a useful starting point I found from a five minute web search, which helpfully has pointers to where the author believes the term originates.
What does that have to do with Star Trek? The other definition actually makes sense as a reference.
The star trek prime directive is essentially “every species has the right to develop their own culture.”. Which nicely mirrors an EPD phrasing of “every person had the right to develop their own gender.”
If we instead go with a phrasing like “never interfere with pre-warp societies”, we’d need to add on bits about “except when they’re about to die” or “except when the fate of the galaxy is at stake”.or “except if you know them really well”, and have a codicil for the similar principle where warp-capable species also get to do their own thing.
Here’s a useful starting point I found from a five minute web search, which helpfully has pointers to where the author believes the term originates.
https://isaacg1.github.io/2024/10/14/caring-about-eggs.html
The name, Egg Prime Directive, is a reference to the Prime Directive in Star Trek.I have misunderstood the question.