The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cockell, Charles S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Space and Society,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Ethics.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Astrobiology.; Science > Social aspects.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Personality and Social Psychology.

The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The discussion of the nature of liberty and what it means for a human to be free has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these di...

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