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Off-Earth : ethical questions and quandaries for living in outer space / Erika Nesvold.
Van Pelt Library TL795.7 .N47 2023
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nesvold, Erika, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space colonies--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Space colonies.
- Space colonies--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Trade book looking at social and ethical issues of human space settlement"-- Provided by publisher.
- In making new worlds, we won't necessarily leave our earthly problems behind. Nesvold explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space. Any such venture, she contends, must be made on behalf of all humanity, with global input and collaboration. Nesvold examines the ethical pitfalls of becoming a multi-planet species. Will the future of space settlement ultimately look like a Utopian vision of Star Trek-- or the dark future of Star Wars? -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- How do we begin?
- Should we settle space?
- Why are we going?
- Who gets to go?
- How will we live with the land?
- Who owns space?
- How will we share the space environment?
- How can we protect the space environment?
- How will we live with each other?
- Where's my money?
- What if someone steals my stuff?
- Who's in charge?
- How can we live well?
- What if I want to have kids?
- What if I get sick?
- Which way is Mecca?
- What can we do to prepare?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nesvold, Erika. Off-Earth
- ISBN:
- 9780262047548
- 0262047543
- OCLC:
- 1330404758
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