Part one of term paper
The Star Trek The Next Generation episode: "Booby Trap" shows a perfect example of Taoist thought. The crew of the Enterprise is always taking some action in order to achieve a specific goal. This episode shows that through inaction you can sometimes achieve far more than you could through action. The mind of the physical senses cannot grasp ...

Part two of term paper
... no power the trap is overcome. Taoism is a philosophy based on inaction: "Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything."(Tao Te Ching pg. 2) When the true nature of the trap is revealed, Ryker states "If we resist we die. If we don't resist we die." Neither action nor inaction was the key to salvation. Ryker's statement was based on a physical world; the Tao goes beyond action or inaction of a physical sense. The Tao Te Ching states, "the Master does noth ...