Project Gutenberg 2016-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 79 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Moral Equivalent Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Moral Equivalent" by Kris Neville is a science fiction story written in the late 1950s. The narrative unfolds on the planet Mala, where the residents, having emulated Earth culture, unexpectedly initiate a war after acquiring books about warfare and political organization from Earth. The story explores deeper themes about the consequences of blindly imitating another culture without understanding its historical context and ethical implications. The plot follows two Earthmen, Kelly and Beliakoff, who are spacefarers that inadvertently set off a chain of events leading to the Malan war. As they navigate the fallout of their actions, they confront the absurdity of the Malan response to warfare, which has been superficial and devoid of the deeper understanding of what war entails. The Malans, led by their Prime Minister Nob and the young Empress Jusa, have created a war environment based on Earthly texts without grasping the inherent violence and chaos that accompanies wars. As Kelly and Beliakoff intervene to stop the conflict, they delve into the moral and philosophical dilemmas of war and leadership, culminating in unanticipated personal and political resolutions that highlight the complexities of peace and culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction War stories Extrasolar planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 75316 75322 2024-10-21T12:42:32.401692 2023-09-22T09:37:48.253830 text/html text/html 72156 2016-03-14T11:29:36 text/html; charset=us-ascii 391975 2016-03-14T11:29:36 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 451998 2024-10-21T12:42:34.690667 application/epub+zip 452222 2024-10-21T12:42:32.847682 application/epub+zip 92521 2024-10-21T12:42:32.604679 application/epub+zip 494439 2024-10-21T12:42:36.214663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486742 2024-10-21T12:42:34.455717 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127519 2022-09-23T12:22:25.542024 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 67352 67257 2024-10-21T12:42:32.053688 2023-09-22T09:37:47.954834 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 67250 2016-03-14T11:29:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26573 2016-03-14T11:29:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20388 2024-10-21T12:42:36.346676 application/rdf+xml 30466 2024-10-21T12:42:32.678673 image/jpeg 5052 2024-10-21T12:42:32.641747 image/jpeg 393368 2024-10-21T12:42:32.420684 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia