Yes, We Earthlings Should Colonize Mars if Martian Rights Can Be Upheld
I argue that programmes of Mars colonization might usefully be guided by a consideration of "Martian Rights". I outline four categories of possible rights which would need to be guaranteed, depending on the precise nature of the colonization: those directly transferable from existing human...
| Subtitles: | To Mars, the Milky Way and beyond: science, theology and ethics look at space exploration |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2019]
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Theology and science
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 332-340 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics NCJ Ethics of science |
| Further subjects: | B
extraterrestrial environment
B Mars colonization B Postcolonial B Martian rights B Posthuman |
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| Summary: | I argue that programmes of Mars colonization might usefully be guided by a consideration of "Martian Rights". I outline four categories of possible rights which would need to be guaranteed, depending on the precise nature of the colonization: those directly transferable from existing human rights, new rights, rights in need of modification, and the rights of Mars itself. Debates over Martian Rights should not be deferred until the technological challenges of supporting human life on Mars have been resolved. Rather, they have the potential to usefully inform the development of relevant space technologies. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2019.1632521 |