This book aims to contribute significantly to the understanding of issues of value (including the ultimate value of space-related activities) which repeatedly emerge in interdisciplinary discussions on space and society. Although a recurring feature of discussions about space in the humanities, the treatment of value questions has tended to be patchy, of uneven quality and even, on occasion, idiosyncratic rather than drawing upon a close familiarity with state-of-the-art ethical theory. One of the volume's aims is to promote a more robust and theoretically informed approach to the ethical dimension of discussions on space and society. While the contributions are written in a manner which is accessible across disciplines, the book still withstands scrutiny by those whose work is primarily on ethics. At the same time it allows academics across a range of disciplines an insight into current approaches toward how the work of ethics gets done. The issues of value raised could be used to inform debates about regulation, space law and protocols for microbial discovery as well as longer-range policy debates about funding. (From the publisher) + Περιεχόμενα 1. Introduction: The Scope and Content of Space Ethics James S.J. Schwartz and Tony Milligan Part I. The Cultural and Historical Context of Space Ethics 2. Dreams and Nightmares of the High Frontier: The Response of Science Fiction to Gerard K. O'Neill's The High Frontier Stephen Baxter 3. Space Colonies and Their Critics Gonzalo Munevar 4. Agonal Conflict and Space Exploration Eleni Panagiotarakou 5. Prospects for Utopia in Space Christopher C. Yorke Part II. Normative Ethics 6. Cosmological Theories of Value: Relationalism and Connectedness as Foundations for Cosmic Creativity Mark Lupisella 7. On the Methodology of Space Ethics James S.J. Schwartz 8. The Ethics of Outer Space: A Consequentialist Perspective Seth D. Baum 9. Space Ethics Without Foundations Tony Milligan Part III. Humanism and Posthumanism 10. Why Space Migration Must Be Posthuman Francesca Ferrando 11. An Urgent Need to Explore Space Jacques Arnould Part IV. Planetary Protection and Microbial Value 12. The Ethical Status of Microbial Life on Earth and Elsewhere: In Defence of Intrinsic Value Charles S. Cockell 13. Kantian Foundations for a Cosmocentric Ethic Anna Frammartino Wilks 14. The Curious Case of the Martian Microbes: Mariomania, Intrinsic Value and the Prime Directive Kelly C. Smith 15. The Aesthetic Objection to Terraforming Mars Sean McMahon Part V. Ethical and Legal Issues in Solar System Exploration 16. 'The Way to Eden': Environmental Legal and Ethical Values in Interplanetary Space Flight Christopher Newman 17. The Risks of Nuclear Powered Space Probes Paul R. Graves 18. Shaking the Foundations of the Law: Some Legal Issues Posed by a Detection of Extra-Terrestrial Life Frans G. von der Dunk Erratum to: Shaking the Foundations of the Law: Some Legal Issues Posed by a Detection of Extra-Terrestrial Life Frans G. von der Dunk Index +
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