Human Governance Beyond Earth Implications for Freedom /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cockell, Charles S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Space and Society,
• Subjects: Physics.; Ethics.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Astrobiology.; Science > Social aspects.; Law of the sea.; International law.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Personality and Social Psychology.

This book extends the discussion of the nature of freedom and what it means for a human to be free. This question has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on Earth. In this volume th...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Human Governance and Liberty Beyond Earth
• Rawlsian Deliberation about Space Settlement
• Extraterrestrial Liberty: Can it be Planned?.