![]() ![]() Spock asks his friend not to grieve and starts the phrase only to be completed by Kirk. And yet, in the subsequent The Search for Spock, Kirk and the rest of the crew risk their careers, their freedom, and potentially their lives in an effort to bring him back. Kirk rushes to his aid but is unable to help his friend. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Because of this, he has been exposed to a fatal dose of radiation and is dying. Spock had to enter the warp core of the ship to repair the engines so that they could escape destruction. The 2nd time this is mentioned is the more remembered. ![]() However, he will still follow Kirk since he is not only his commanding officer, but, more importantly, his friend. The Good of the Many (Outweighs the Few) 1,300 views 13 Dislike Share Save Space Girl Tunes 33 subscribers The Good of the Many is an original song, and music video produced with. Spock then derides his friend, saying that Kirk shouldn’t have taken the promotion since this has taken him from what he actually loves: being the commander of a starship. Kirk, now an admiral decides to take command due to the emergency. This is a pretty classic example of utilitarianism, the philosophy. Spock is actually in command of the Enterprise when it receives a distress call from another starship. Right before he dies, Spock tells his superior officer, Captain Kirk, that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Far from being an expression of logic, Spock's claim that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few is an arbitrary assertion and a restatement of the baseless moral theory known as utilitarianism, which asserts that each individual should act to serve the greatest good for the greatest number. many things we could do at any given time, only one or a very few of them are. The first time is relatively early in the film. The utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham is a well known. The story behind the quote: The quote was actually mentioned twice in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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