Project Gutenberg 2016-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 142 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Moral Equivalent Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1957 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.) Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction War stories Extrasolar planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 75500 2025-07-20T13:56:28.671591 text/html 52313 2024-10-23T00:10:45 text/html 452101 2025-07-20T13:56:30.684599 application/epub+zip 452228 2025-07-20T13:56:29.064606 application/epub+zip 92525 2025-07-20T13:56:28.846599 application/epub+zip 494461 2025-07-20T13:56:32.133592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486780 2025-07-20T13:56:30.473600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127519 2022-09-23T12:22:25.542024 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 67279 2025-07-20T13:56:28.496580 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47529 2024-10-23T00:10:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17532 2025-07-20T13:56:32.258564 application/rdf+xml 30466 2025-07-20T13:56:28.916581 image/jpeg 5052 2025-07-20T13:56:28.881585 image/jpeg 393436 2025-07-20T13:56:28.688615 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia