Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

This thought-provoking book explores the all-too-human issues of settling in outer space. It reminds us that making new worlds doesn’t leave our earthly problems behind. Author Erika Nesvold highlights the complex ethical challenges, such as environmental concerns, labor rights, and medical ethics.

Any such venture must be made for all humanity, with global input and collaboration. Nesvold includes historical and contemporary examples from outside the dominant Western/US narrative. She calls on experts in ethics, sociology, history, social justice, and law to discuss the potential ethical pitfalls of becoming a multi-planet species.

Will space settlement be utopian like Star Trek or dark like Star Wars? Nesvold challenges us to decide.

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