| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 444 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 Liberty on the space frontier -- 2 The causes of extraterrestrial tyranny -- 3 Building free societies in the cosmos -- 4 Dissent and welfare -- 5 The development of science and liberty -- 6 Engineering liberty -- 7 Art and liberty -- 8 Educating the free citizen -- 9 Justice and criminality in the free society -- 10 A free cosmos |
| Summary |
"Cockell argues that beyond Earth, space is especially tyranny-prone. Yet rather than consign humanity to a dim future of extraterrestrial despotisms, he suggests that the construction of free societies is possible using uniquely blended and reformulated classical liberal ideas for the space frontier. Considering politics, science, engineering, art, education, prisons, and other facets of society, this book lays out the general ethos and culture around which settlements might be constructed to secure the establishment and flourishing of freedom in the cosmos."--Front jacket flap |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed August 17, 2023) |
| Subject |
Space colonies -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Liberty -- Philosophy
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Business Development.
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Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
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Political Freedom.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE.
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SCIENCE.
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Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Liberty -- Philosophy
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Space colonies -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191957093 |
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0191957097 |
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0192691260 |
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9780192691262 |
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