MODERN ETHICAL DILEMMAS STEMMING FROM PRIVATE ONE-WAY COLONISATION OF OUTER SPACE

摘要

Recently, a group of academics from the pure and social sciences met in London to discuss political philosophy in relation to governance in outer space, particularly how to embrace and harness the reflexive element of political dissent, while maintaining both liberty, political stability and security in an extreme extra-terrestrial environment.1 While this may appear premature to some, parts of contemporary society is already embracing one-way interplanetary colonisation in the not too distant future.