Janeway killed Tuvix

In the 1996 episode of Voyager, "Tuvix" (S02E24), a transporter malfunction mergest the characters of Tuvok and Neelix into a single, new hybrid entity who calls himself Tuvix. At the end of the episode, after much ethical debate, Captain Janeway decides that the malfunction is to be recreated to split Tuvix back into Tuvok and Neelix. This decision is frequently debated on STSP.

The debate frequently takes two sides: Janeway is a murderer for killing Tuvix, and Janeway was right to split Tuvix. These are not mutually exclusive. The underlying question is actually did Janeway make the right decision in splitting them. The most common arguments are found below.

Janeway should not have split them (Janeway Killed Tuvix): Janeway was right to split them:
 * Janeway is a murderer for killing Tuvix
 * Tuvix pleaded for his life
 * The Emergency Holo Doctor refused to take part in the process due to his programmed oath to do no harm.
 * Tuvix had his own distinct personality and friends
 * Tuvok and Neelix were already dead
 * Tuvix was better at both Tuvok's job and Neelix's job
 * Tuvix was the only one of his kind, and splitting him eliminated his entire species.
 * "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."
 * Tuvok and Neelix were not dead, but "lost" and capable of being returned. Therefore they should not be treated as though dead but missing or held hostage, and the split returned them.
 * Tuvix was creepy anyway.