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Originally Posted by Greg Anos
...You may not have likes Asimov's Foundation series (I not really a fan of them myself), But try I, Robot or The Caves Of Steel.
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Yes, I'd also recommend
The Caves of Steel by Asimov. I did not care for Foundation myself. But Asimov's robot books were much better experiences. The Caves of Steel is the first. Then there's The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn.
These are science fiction murder mysteries. But there is very little 'on screen' violence, no sex and no swearing (that I remember anyway). Indeed, in the first book, there's even a fun little religious discussion between the detective Elijah and his wife Jezebel, regarding the role her Biblical namesake played.
Asimov was an atheist. But he didn't push any such agenda in the work I've read.
Most Arthur C. Clarke would also fit the bill and is highly recommended. Like Asimov, Clarke was an Atheist (as were many/most of the Golden Age sci-fi writers) and he can be a bit more explicit about it than Asimov. You might want to avoid Childhood's End for instance.
But I would recommend
2001: A Space Odyssey. It does posit evolution as a given. But it is thought provoking sci-fi with no sex or swearing and very little violence.