Brian Patrick Green

Space Ethics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An introduction to the basic issues of space ethics: the technology, the impact on society, and the frontiers of thinking about space exploration from theory to practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781786600271
• ISBN-10: 1786600277
• Artikelnr.: 59990043

Autorenporträt

Brian Patrick Green is Assistant Director of Campus Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Santa Clara University.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1: Why Space Ethics?
CHAPTER 2: Questions of "Should": Ethics Applied to Space
CHAPTER 3: Risk and Safety
CHAPTER 4: Space and Human Health
CHAPTER 5: The Dangers of Space Debris
CHAPTER 6: Military, Dual-Use Activities, and International Relations in
Space
CHAPTER 7: Protecting Earth from Hazardous Asteroids and Other
Extraterrestrial Dangers
CHAPTER 8: Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
CHAPTER 9: Contamination, Planetary Protection, and Responsible Exploration
CHAPTER 10: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
CHAPTER 11: New Players in Space: New Nations and Commercial, Private, and
Non-Governmental Activities in Space
CHAPTER 12: Traveling to the Planets and the Stars: Very Long Duration
Spaceflight and Human Biology
CHAPTER 13: Building Your Martian Home: Living in and Settlement of Space
CHAPTER 14: Planetary-Scale Interventions on Earth and Afar
CHAPTER 15: Conclusion
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY