A Case of Conscience

A trap for humanity? The four-man team of scientists investigating Lithia are about to make their report. Two are in favour of exploiting the planet's enormous mineral wealth -- if necessary, enslaving its gentle, industrious inhabitants in the process. One recommends non-interference. The fourth is Father Ruiz-Sanchez, biologist and Jesuit priest. For him, Lithia is Paradise among the stars -- a Paradise created by the Devil himself...