Should We Call E.T.? An Ethical-Political Analysis of METI

Is it possible to mount a compelling ethical argument for METI? As we have argued elsewhere, conventional ethical theories are highly anthropocentric, making them difficult to apply to unknown alien intelligences, whose characteristics, needs, and concerns may differ radically from our own. In the a...

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Subtitles:To Mars, the Milky Way and beyond: science, theology and ethics look at space exploration
Authors: Wilson, Elspeth M. (Author) ; Cleland, Carol E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2019]
In: Theology and science
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 382-394
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
Further subjects:B Cosmopolitanism
B International Law
B Precautionary Principle
B METI
B space ethics
B space policy
B active SETI
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