The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015
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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. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on the Earth.The emergence of human space exploration programs in the last 40-50 years raise a fundamental and new question: what will be th ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth / edited by Charles S. Cockell. - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015. - VIII, 272 p. 14 illus ; online resource. - (Space and Society) |
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The Cold Equations: Extraterrestrial Liberty in Science Fiction -- Fear of Freedom: the Legacy of Arendt and Ballard’s Space Skepticism -- Freedom in a Box: Paradoxes in the Structure of Extraterrestrial Liberty -- Fairness as a Moral Grounding for Space Policy -- Space: John Locke's Ultimate Triumph -- Extraterrestrial Liberty and Creative Practice: a Firsthand Experience of an Imagined Future -- Elsewhere, Liberty -- The fate of Freedom of a Space Exploration Mission Encountering Life and the Liberty of the “Encountered” Extra-terrestrial Beings -- Astronaut Health: Planetary Exploration and the Limitations on Freedom -- Outrunning the Law: Extraterrestrial Liberty and Universal Colonisation -- The Lethality of Interplanetary Warfare: A Fundamental Constraint on Extraterrestrial Liberty -- Interplanetary Federalism: Maximising the Chances of Extraterrestrial Peace, Diversity and Liberty -- Liberty, Freedom and Democracy: Paradox for an Extraterrestrial Society -- Human Space Colonies: Towards a Governance Architecture -- Education and liberty in space. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783319095660
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| ID scheda | 138730 |
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