The ethics of space exploration / James S.J. Schwartz, Tony Milligan, editors.
2016
TL790
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Title
The ethics of space exploration / James S.J. Schwartz, Tony Milligan, editors.
ISBN
9783319398273 (electronic book)
331939827X (electronic book)
9783319398259
331939827X (electronic book)
9783319398259
Published
[Cham] : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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TL790
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.4
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and idnex.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 5, 2016)
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Schwartz, James S.J., editor.
Milligan, Tony, editor.
Milligan, Tony, editor.
Series
Space and society (Springer (Firm))
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Table of Contents
Forword,
Volume Introduction,
Section I
Colonization,
Section II
Normative Ethics,
Section III
Humanism and Posthumanism,
Section IV
Ethics and Law,
Section V
The Debate on Microbial Value,
Section VI
Planetary Protection,
Glossary of Terms,
Index. .
Volume Introduction,
Section I
Colonization,
Section II
Normative Ethics,
Section III
Humanism and Posthumanism,
Section IV
Ethics and Law,
Section V
The Debate on Microbial Value,
Section VI
Planetary Protection,
Glossary of Terms,
Index. .