Dr. Franklin's 'Violation In The Episode Believers'

In the episode, “Believers”, from Babylon 5, many topics are interpreted through a child with a deadly medical affliction. In the episode an alien family comes to the ship to seek medical attention for their young son who has fluids in his lungs. Now the doctor sees this as a small problem with a minor procedure to fix it, but when he learns that the family will not let him operate on the boy it becomes deadly. Dr. Franklin claims that this is the only way to save the boy. Nevertheless, the family says they rather him die than be operated on. Both parties confronts the Commander and pleads with him to take control of the situation. As far as Doctor Franklin is concerned he will operate on this boy if the parents agree or not. The solution
When Sinclair conversed with the parents he learned why they would not let Doctor Franklin operate on the boy. It interfered with their spiritual belief system. The violation of the body would harm the soul, meaning they rather him die and his soul be saved than cursed. This would be a violation to the species culture. Once he talked to Shon he learned that he wanted to live, but he wanted his soul more. He carried these same beliefs, and the decision to operate on him anyway would be a violation to his rights as a person. Finally, the Commander weighed in his decision to operate on one of the ambassadors to save their life. This ambassador's people had similar beliefs on operations. The consequence of him making the same decision would likely compromise the base’ neutrality, and his position as commander. Sinclair handles himself admirably in the situation, gather all the facts and weighing the options together along with the outcomes of each. He decides that it would be best if he did not let Doctor Franklin operate. This allowing the base to stay neutral, the parents and their race to be happy, and regrettably allowing Shon to