Given the things Lex has seen with his own eyes, and the things he has learned through investigation, he has every reason to believe the Earth is threatened with imminent invasion by superpowered alien beings with vastly advanced technology. Given the overwhelming nature of this threat, Lex is clearly operating in crisis mode: he has to do everything possible to prepare the human race to face such an invasion, and he has to do it all as quickly as possible, since he has no idea when Zod, or someone like him, will reappear. And Lex is the one doing it because he's the only one who will -- the only one who has recognized this threat and been willing to step up to combat it.
Lex knows, as would anyone who'd stop to think about it, that any such alien invasion won't just target non-mutants. Moira and Chloe are in every bit as much danger as everyone else. This is their war, too, whether they want to acknowledge it or not; unless they somehow manage to sell out the rest of the human race to the invaders in return for being spared, they will be targets right along with Lex and his army and every civilian everywhere. So what Lex is doing is to their benefit as much as it is to every other human's. Lex is not 'taking advantage' of them -- he's trying to prepare them for war. Trying to help them survive.
Moreoever, with Moira, Lex did not begin with demands. He roused her from a catatonic state (for which most people would be grateful), and evidently explained that her powers were needed. Even if he didn't immediately bring up the coming alien invasion, it must have been made clear to her that a large number of the kryptonite mutants were demonstrably dangerous, and that her power could be a vast help in restraining them from harming innocent people. (Also, in Lex's experience, Moira's powers appear to be unique, which does leave her with a certain responsibility for her fellow human beings, since not just anyone can do what she can, which explains Lex's urgency in trying to recruit her help).
As far as Moira having 'committed no crime,' I remind you that, by the time Lex let the other mutant get physical with her, Moira had already caused Chloe to run Lex off the road and then bash him over the head in order to steal his flash drive, which was not only a serious crime (or, really, multiple serious crimes) but was highly likely to have left Lex injured or even dead. So it was Moira who first physically assaulted Lex, at a time when he had done nothing but wake her up and then insist on talking to her about something of vital importance rather than allowing her to simply walk out with an untested drug in her system and a power which could make her a serious threat to the public.
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Given the things Lex has seen with his own eyes, and the things he has learned through investigation, he has every reason to believe the Earth is threatened with imminent invasion by superpowered alien beings with vastly advanced technology. Given the overwhelming nature of this threat, Lex is clearly operating in crisis mode: he has to do everything possible to prepare the human race to face such an invasion, and he has to do it all as quickly as possible, since he has no idea when Zod, or someone like him, will reappear. And Lex is the one doing it because he's the only one who will -- the only one who has recognized this threat and been willing to step up to combat it.
Lex knows, as would anyone who'd stop to think about it, that any such alien invasion won't just target non-mutants. Moira and Chloe are in every bit as much danger as everyone else. This is their war, too, whether they want to acknowledge it or not; unless they somehow manage to sell out the rest of the human race to the invaders in return for being spared, they will be targets right along with Lex and his army and every civilian everywhere. So what Lex is doing is to their benefit as much as it is to every other human's. Lex is not 'taking advantage' of them -- he's trying to prepare them for war. Trying to help them survive.
Moreoever, with Moira, Lex did not begin with demands. He roused her from a catatonic state (for which most people would be grateful), and evidently explained that her powers were needed. Even if he didn't immediately bring up the coming alien invasion, it must have been made clear to her that a large number of the kryptonite mutants were demonstrably dangerous, and that her power could be a vast help in restraining them from harming innocent people. (Also, in Lex's experience, Moira's powers appear to be unique, which does leave her with a certain responsibility for her fellow human beings, since not just anyone can do what she can, which explains Lex's urgency in trying to recruit her help).
As far as Moira having 'committed no crime,' I remind you that, by the time Lex let the other mutant get physical with her, Moira had already caused Chloe to run Lex off the road and then bash him over the head in order to steal his flash drive, which was not only a serious crime (or, really, multiple serious crimes) but was highly likely to have left Lex injured or even dead. So it was Moira who first physically assaulted Lex, at a time when he had done nothing but wake her up and then insist on talking to her about something of vital importance rather than allowing her to simply walk out with an untested drug in her system and a power which could make her a serious threat to the public.