The Ethics of Space Exploration
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 di
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James S.J. Schwartz Tony Milligan Editors
The Ethics of Space Exploration
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
James S.J. Schwartz Tony Milligan •
Editors
The Ethics of Space Exploration
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Editors James S.J. Schwartz Department of Philosophy Wichita State University Wichita, KS USA
ISSN 2199-3882 Space and Society ISBN 978-3-319-39825-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39827-3
Tony Milligan Department of Theology and Religious Studies King’s College London London UK
ISSN 2199-3890
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-39827-3
(eBook)
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For Ian M. Banks, falling always outside the normal moral constraints.
Contents
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Introduction: The Scope and Content of Space Ethics . . . . . . . . . . James S.J. Schwartz and Tony Milligan
Part I 2
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The Cultural and Historical Context of Space Ethics
Dreams and Nightmares of the High Frontier: The Response of Science Fiction to Gerard K. O’Neill’s The High Frontier . . . . . Stephen Baxter
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3
Space Colonies and Their Critics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gonzalo Munévar
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4
Agonal Conflict and Space Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleni Panagiotarakou
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5
Prospects for Utopia in Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher C. Yorke
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Part II 6
Normative Ethics
Cosmological Theories of Value: Relationalism and Connectedness as Fo
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