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Books

The Ethics of Star Trek by Barad & Robertson

Ken Marsalek is confronted by a bunch of Socratic starship captains in The Ethics of Star Trek.

As a cultural phenomenon, Star Trek seems to have been with us always and forever. It is sometimes forgotten that the original television series was cancelled in its third year. Even to older fans, it seems incredible that there was a decade (1969-1979) when Star Trek existed only in repeats and as a brief cartoon series. The latter was evidence of network executives’ view that no adult could possibly take Star Trek seriously. How wrong they were.

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