The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth
The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The discussion of the nature of liberty and what it means for a human to be free has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. Howe
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Charles S. Cockell Editor
The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth
Space and Society Series editor Douglas A. Vakoch, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA and California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11929
Charles S. Cockell Editor
The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth
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Editor Charles S. Cockell School of Physics and Astronomy University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
ISSN 2199-3882 ISBN 978-3-319-09566-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09567-7
ISSN 2199-3890 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-09567-7 (eBook)
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Preface
In an age where geographical boundaries are weakening through electronic communications, but strengthening in places where groups of people feel a new found confidence to express their national and ethnic identity; in an age where surveillance has become technologically easier and its means more pervasive; and in an age where environmental concerns have forced us to begin to cooperate on an international level not seen before, the meaning of the word ‘liberty’ and the place
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