“…and Gulliver Returns” –In Search of Utopia–

| January 16, 2016 | Leave a Comment

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Year of Publication: 2008-2016

Author(s): Bob O'Connor

In a series that artfully weaves together science fiction, studies in ethics and philosophy, and the reality behind the threats facing humanity, readers are challenged to consider if a utopian future is still possible and, if it is, whether society will ever be able to achieve it.


In the year 2025 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty-five year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world’s excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet’s most pressing problem.

He visits several countries to seek answers for solving this critical problem and to find a peaceful way to work toward utopian living. He visits with leaders of state and with experts in several fields that are critical to establishing a peaceful, ecologically friendly society on this planet.

He discusses with these people various plans for reducing population and a number of ideas geared to developing a well thought-out society, a utopia, such as: morality and values, psychological and ethical motivations, politics–“the science of the possible”, the necessary ingredients of a just society, rational and irrational prejudices, the responsibilities of parenthood, eugenics, and the place of religion and non-religion in the ideal society.


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