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The Ethics of Space Exploration (Space and Society) Hardcover – 2 Aug. 2016

by James S.J. Schwartz (Editor), Tony Milligan (Editor)
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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 toinform debates about regulation, space law and protocols for microbial discovery as well as longer-range policy debates about funding.

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  1. ISBN-10
    3319398253
  2. ISBN-13
    978-3319398259
  3. Edition
    1st ed. 2016
  4. Publisher
    Springer
  5. Publication date
    2 Aug. 2016
  6. Part of series
    Space and Society
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    15.88 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm
  9. Print length
    275 pages
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“This is a well-edited selection of essays covering a human side of space exploration that few of us may have spent much time considering. ... this volume is a worthwhile and enlightening read about a topic that could become very relevant in the next few decades.” (Barry Kent, The Observatory, Vol. 137 (1260), October, 2017)

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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 toinform debates about regulation, space law and protocols for microbial discovery as well as longer-range policy debates about funding.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer; 1st ed. 2016 edition (2 Aug. 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 275 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3319398253
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3319398259
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm
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  1. Tony Milligan

    Tony Milligan

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    Tony Milligan lives in Scotland, with his wife Suzanne Watson. He is a Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Ethics based out of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London. A grand title for work focusing upon the ethics of space and the ethics of political dissent. Critiques of our emerging activity in space are heavily shaped by anti-elite politics, by critiques of Elon Musk, and by a series of questionable claims about space activity as neglect of the Earth. His current work on the human and planetary significance of what we are doing in space draws upon earlier work on animal ethics which places a good deal of emphasis upon the idea of humanity as a moral community with responsibilities to the non-human. The work on political dissent also draws upon earlier work, on the philosophy of love, and upon an account of how love (for humanity, animals and the planet) motivate political action. There is a bundle of themes here which interconnect around the grand idea of concern for our human future and how this concern shapes our attitude towards space, technology, the Earth, and the non-human.

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    James S.J. Schwartz

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    Dr. James S.J. Schwartz is a leading, internationally-recognized expert in the ethics and philosophy of space exploration and space policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Wayne State University, and teaches philosophy at Wichita State University, where he is the founding coordinator of the Wichita Space Initiative (wichita.edu/space). He is author of The Value of Science in Space Exploration (Oxford University Press, 2020) and editor (with Tony Milligan) of The Ethics of Space Exploration (Springer, 2016). His publications have appeared in numerous science, science policy, and philosophy journals; and in several edited volumes on the ethics of space exploration.

    Personal website: www.thespacephilosopher.space

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIjjrHKJ3wJc6RxbEXUZJDQ/playlists

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