Life-Value Narratives and the Impact of Astrobiology on Christian Ethics

“Pale Blue Dot” and “Anthropocene” are common tropes in astrobiology and often appear in ethical arguments. Both support a decentering of human life relative to biological life in terms of value. This article introduces a typology of life-value narratives: hierarchical narratives with human life abo...

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Subtitles:Exoplanets and astrotheology
Main Author: Mix, Lucas John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2016]
In: Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 520-535
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Astrobiology
B Bioethics
B Biology
B Theological Anthropology
B Environment (Art)
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