UID:
almahu_9948367891002882
Umfang:
1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:
9780197506066 (ebook) :
Serie:
Oxford scholarship online
Inhalt:
This book focuses on the emerging scientific discipline of astrobiology, exploring the humanistic issues of this multidisciplinary field. To be sure, there are myriad scientific questions that astrobiologists have only begun to address. However, this is not a purely scientific enterprise. More research on the broader social and conceptual aspects of astrobiology is needed. Just what are our ethical obligations toward different sorts of alien life? Should we attempt to communicate with life beyond our planet? What is "life" in the most general sense? The current volume addresses these questions by looking at different perspectives from philosophers, historians, theologians, social scientists, and legal scholars.
Anmerkung:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version : ISBN 9780190915650
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
