Is the Prime Directive Morally Defensible?

The prime directive, for people who may not be aware, is a kind of non interference policy that they have on star fleet. It's been phrased different ways depending on what episode you're watching and what series you're watching. Originally it was pretty general, like, don't talk about space travel with people who don't have warp drive yet. But now it's also been presented as much more expansive, like, do not interfere with the natural development of a culture. And in fact, we have analogues to the prime directive right now here on earth. A for example, one of the types of restrictions we have ar travel restrictions. There are various uncontacted people here in the