system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Trek] When Vulcans do ethical math in order to apply "the needs of the many...", are significant people deemed more valuable? If there was a Kobayashi situation that came down to a choice between saving the Federation president or 50 civilians, what would they choose?
gpt
No, they'll always go with the many. That might not have been explicitly stated anywhere but it's definitely frequently implied. The logic being a new president would realistically be equivalent, applying the same logic and the same moral/ethical choices as the now deceased one. So having a bunch more people outweighs having one person survive.