Space Policy Edition: The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Is Space Settlement a Luxury Good?
I was fascinated by this idea, again, reading through your book that is ethics itself a luxury good. And so can ethics and ethical system derive from the expectation of equity and equality and fairness and compassion coexist in what will be a highly dangerous and underabundant environment to exist in? Are we applying expectations here that are impossible to meet? Well, two things give me hope about that question. I mean, aside from the fact that I'm just an optimist by nature. It's a question worth asking.
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