In which I commit war crimes to the sound of breezy chiptune.

FTL: Faster Than Light may be known more for its pitch-perfect mechanics and design than its stance on morality, but in this video I'll be uncovering its secret ethical wisdom. What does FTL think is morally right? How can we find out? Why have I put so many references to long-dead British comedy shows in a video for a global audience?

This one took far longer than it should have done, and honestly I'm not 100% happy with it. But that might just be me. Hopefully you can find enjoyment and enlightenment in it and I can move on to other things.

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Special thanks to MantisManMike for his FTL event testing mod:
https://subsetgames.com/forum/viewtop...

Three articles on slavery in FTL:
https://christophersawula.com/2013/08...
http://ontologicalgeek.com/moral-choi...
https://tom-jubert.blogspot.com/2014/...

On the Kestrel:
   • On the Kestrel - Episode 2: The Clone...  

0:00 Intro
2:08 Part I: That Captain Kirk Feeling
12:35 Part II: The (Right) Right Stuff
24:20 Part III: A Streetcar Named Gunfire
35:19 Part IV: The Cosmic Casino
44:12 Credits

RIP Bigby 0:22 - 0:23

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SOURCES

FTL and its development:
https://www.polygon.com/features/2013...
   • 'FTL: Faster Than Light' Postmortem: ...  
   • The Design of FTL & Into The Breach  
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ftl-faster...

Tom Jubert's involvement:
https://www.study.eu/article/make-gam...
https://sites.google.com/site/tjubert...
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-writin...

Philosophical ethics:
http://www.justethics.com/Articles/Ar...
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/...
https://rjh221.user.srcf.net/courses/...
https://people.umass.edu/klement/160/...
https://towardsdatascience.com/trolle...
https://opentextbc.ca/ethicsinlawenfo...
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/histor...
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/do...

Applications of philosophical ethics:
https://community.macmillanlearning.c...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetste...
http://journal.sjdm.org/17/17207/jdm1...

Slavery in FTL:
https://christophersawula.com/2013/08...
http://ontologicalgeek.com/moral-choi...
https://tom-jubert.blogspot.com/2014/...

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FOOTAGE

Can be found here because the credits are too long to fit:
https://pastebin.com/A7N5Da9E

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MUSIC

Can be found here because the credits are too long to fit:
https://pastebin.com/A7N5Da9E