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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5020204" data-attributes="member: 19675">Lifeboat ethics doesn't quite boil down to ends justifying means.  It takes as its starting point the condition that the person in charge of the lifeboat is trying to maximize the number of people he can save.  From there, when you are trying to decide a course or courses of actions, you are not forced to take actions that would endanger those whom you could otherwise save.  So, for instance, if you determine that you are at least 12 days from rescue and can save 10 people that long at maximum, you are not required to take on any more than those 10, and are even absolved if you cull passengers down to a more manageable number.Rush doesn't believe in lifeboat ethics at all.  He believes that his wants & needs come before all others.  He's elitist & narcissistic.  He believes in sacrifice, as long as that sacrifice doesn't involve him.  Again- the chair that he wants access to, but won't sit in...let one of the "lesser" beings take the risk; sabotaging the authority of others in the group hierarchy.Young is opposed to the use of the chair, not because ethics trumps survival, but rather because he believes that those minds who would be put at risk by sitting in it would be better used figuring out how the ship works.  The situation is dire, yes, but the ship itself has time and time again proven to have several safety features and programs that are- much like Atlantis- geared to aid the survival of Ancients or Ancient-like beings who might be inhabiting it, even if they may be incapacitated.  It self-repairs to an extent, it self-refuels.  Sure, after all these eons, its not as good at that as it once was, but its definitely mitigating the severity of the situation.Imagine the 2 of them bursting into the vacated cockpit of a 757 on autopilot.  Rush wants to press the buttons- and only those buttons- he's sure will help RIGHT NOW...as soon as somebody (not him) slips into the Captain's chair.Young, OTOH, sees that the plane is on autopilot, notes that they have fuel, so he rationalizes that they have time enough to figure out what the majority of the buttons do before anyone sits in the chair and starts pulling on the yoke.He definitely has a personal hatred of Rush, but Rush has given him ample reasons for dislike.  Time and time again, Rush has at the very least been secretive enough of the true extent of his knowledge that several characters (including Young) have questioned whether he's being truthful at all.Since Destiny and all of the Stargate is a military program, I wouldn't be surprised to see that the ship was being run under the dictates of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice).<a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm#802.%20ART.%202.%20PERSONS%20SUBJECT%20TO%20THIS%20CHAPTER" target="_blank">UCMJ</a>Note that under "Persons Subject to this chapter" is included:Rush qualifies.And since he tried to frame the CO for murder in a time of active deployment- for which Young could have received the death penalty under the UCMJ-he has acted with reckless disregard for Young's safety...which means he opened himself up to the death penalty...Now, Young DID act precipitously in that he acted as the Courts Martial entire...but OTOH, a trial of Rush at this stage would have been very divisive of the inhabitants of Destiny...not to mention, an all-too familiar echo of the trial of Gaius Baltar in nBSG.I think they mentioned that it was not Ancient tech.</blockquote>

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