The ethics of Star trek
By: Judith Barad, with Ed Robertson
Contributors: Robertson, Ed
Edition: 1st Perennial ed.
Publisher: Perennial; Harper Perennial
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780060933265
Subjects: Programa de televisa o (ana lise;filosofia;aspectos sociais); Moral and ethical aspects; Star Trek television programs
Notes: Previously published: New York : HarperCollins, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Beginning the ethical enterprise: Cultural relativism ; Is religion alone the basis of ethics? ;; title: pt. 2. Ancient Greek and Roman morality in the Star Trek future: Justice in a savage arena ; The cave, the forms, and Kathryn Janeway ; Plato's stepchildren and beyond ; Kirk finds the golden mean ; Equity and friendship in Star Trek ; When worlds collide: hedonism vs. stoicism (or Jadzia and Worf clash in paradise); title: pt. 3. Christianity and contracts: Kirk and Kira battle evil: Christian ethics ; The Ferengi and the social contract; title: pt. 4. When duty calls: Duty can be a Crusher ; Our duty to other species ; Honor among thieves and Klingons; title: pt. 5. Receptacles, responsibility, and reconciliation: Does the good of the many outweigh the good of the few? ; The existentialist conundrum of master and slave morality ; The ethics of Star Trek.