Dissent, Revolution and Liberty Beyond Earth
This volume provides an in-depth discussion on the central question - how can people express and survive dissent and disagreement in confined habitats in space? The discussion is an important one because it could be that the systems of inter-dependence required to survive in space are so strong that dissent becomes impossible. John Locke originally said that people have a right to use revolution to overthrow a despotic regime. But if revolution causes violence and damage that causes depressurisation with the risk of killing many people, is it even permissible to have a revolution? How then are people to express their liberty or dissatisfactio…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-319-29349-3
- EAN: 9783319293493
- Produktnummer: 19723101
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'219 KB
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
- Abbildungen: 4 schwarz-weiße und 5 farbige Abbildungen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Charles Cockell is Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are focused on microbial life in extreme environments. Prof. Cockell is co-author / editor of 8 books and a large number of research articles.
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