Alien Quarantine refers to a class of explanations for the Fermi Paradox as well as a class of norms/laws etc. in science fiction forbidding interaction with less culturally advanced species. Assumes that human-like ethical obligations exist between non-human species.
List in Science Fiction[]
- Prime Directive - Star Trek universe
- Law of Cultural Embargo - Ursula K. Le Guin's 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness, p. 247