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It appears that the non-interference concept originated with Vulcans and predated the formation of the United Federation of Planets in 2161 but did not exist on pre-Federation Earth.
In real life, the creation of the Prime Directive is generally credited to Gene L. Coon.
Star Trek stories have used the Prime Directive as a literary contrivance which allows the exploration of interactions with less advanced societies without the heroes having the overwhelming advantage of easy access and use of their technology. Since Star Trek has consistently used alien interactions as an allegory for the real world, the Prime Directive has served as a template to tell stories which resemble those of real human societies and their interactions with less technologically advanced societies, such as the interaction between advanced cultures and indigenous peoples. In the philosophical view of Star Trek, no matter how well intentioned the more advanced peoples are, interaction between advanced technology and a more primitive society is invariably destructive.
In the fictional storyline, the Prime Directive was created by Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets shortly after they were first formed. Since then the Prime Directive has been broken on many occasions intentionally and unintentionally. Sometimes when a Federation starship or vessel crashes on a planet that has a pre-warp civilization the survivors or the wreckage are collected by the natives and this then influences their society, especially when Federation technology is recovered and added to the technology of the planet. Sometimes the Directive is deliberately violated: circa stardate 2534.0 in 2266, cultural observer and historian John Gill openly created a regime based on Nazi Germany on a primitive planet in a misguided futile effort to create a more benign version of the original.
On , the Prime Directive is one of the more commonly used plot devices. However, in many instances, the idea of the Prime Directive as used in Voyager is not consistent with that of the other series. On more than one occasion, Captain Janeway applies the Prime Directive to a situation which clearly does not involve a pre-warp civilization. Also, in at least two different situations, the Prime Directive was used against Janeway and her crew; wherein they encountered civilizations that had technology which could shorten their journey home, but were denied access to it because the alien cultures had policies against sharing advanced technology with other races.
The concept of non-interference can be seen to prevent foreign contamination of native unique language and customs. On the other hand, dedication to non-interference has been shown to go beyond this. The dedication is such that by 2364 Starfleet had allowed six races to die out.
In at least one case, where two different factions of one race were at war with each other, the Prime Directive had been interpreted to mean that neither race could have an advantage, that there had to be a balance of power. With this race, when it was found that Klingons were furnishing one portion of the race with advanced weapons, Kirk responded by arming the other faction with the exact same weapons. This resulted in an arms race on that world.
On a planet that had two indigenous sentient speciesThis article discusses biological species. Also see combinatorial species for the mathematical meaning of the term. Species is also a movie by Roger Donaldson. In English "species" is both singular and plural. The word " specie" is unrelated and is used t, the more advanced one was suffering from a degenerative genetic disorder. A cure was not pursued because it was determined that the more advanced species was genetically stagnant, and that the lesser one was genetically progressive. It was viewed as contrary to nature to help the dying race. Despite the fact that this event took place in the series , before the formation of both the Federation and the Prime Directive, it reflects the views of space faring humans and their allies in the years leading up to the creation of the Federation. [ENT "Dear Doctor"]
In another case, a starshipThis article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. Starship was also a mid- 1980s name for a follow-on to the band Jefferson Airplane. There is also an aircraft known as the Beechcraft Starship . A starship is a spaceship designed for interstellar stood by and watched as the loss of a planet's atmosphere was about to wipe out the last remaining members of a primitive civilizationFor alternative meanings see Civilization (disambiguation Teotihuacan, Mexico. Building projects of this size require the social organization found in civilizations. A civilization or civilisation has a variety of meanings related to human society. The te, rather than interfere to save their lives. [TNG "Homeward"] However the Federation observer refused to stand by, and violated the Prime Directive by saving a small group of that civilization.
There are different conclusions as to the purpose of non-interference. One is that the ends do not justify the means. No matter how well-intentioned, stepping in and effecting change could have disastrous consequences.
Another conclusion (strongly implied in ENT "Dear Doctor") is a belief that evolutionThis article is about biological evolution. For other possible meanings, see Evolution (disambiguation). Evolution generally refers to any process of change over time. However, in the context of the life sciences, evolution is a change in the genetic make has a 'plan' of sorts, driving species toward purposes. Interference would therefore be 'unnatural,' in that it would go against what is 'supposed to' happen to the species in question.
Some may see the Prime Directive as a negative policy, because it prevents introduction of technology (especially medical technology), culture, and resources that may improve quality of life. It also has been considered as an attitude of moral cowardice by the Federation - that the Prime Directive gives the Federation an excuse not to act. During the brutal Cardassian occupation of Bajor in the early 24th century, the Federation refused to act on the grounds that the occupation was an internal matter of the Cardassian government and to help the Bajorans would violate the Prime Directive. Many Bajorans resented the Federation for years after the occupation because of this attitude. Those in favor of the Prime Directive have said that no one has the right to impose their own standards on others and it is hardly moral cowardice to keep to a difficult, but ultimately beneficial principle in the face of temptation. (However, recent archeaological evidence ["Explorers" DS9] has proven that the Bajorans were indeed capable of interstellar travel actually before the Cardassians were, using solar-sail vessels; the Prime Directive only prevents action against pre-warp cultures.)
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