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EXTRATERRESTRIAL ETHICS Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support Emergent Life Forms
Glasgow, Scotland i (Sept, 2008)
LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautical Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland
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This paper outlines a moral commitment to future species, which encompasses manufactured, by-products of humanity, along with the development of new life forms by synthetic biology, enhanced humans and non-human animals, and the possible discovery of new life forms (both native to Earth and foreign). It fashions the concept of extraterrestrial ethics as a critical response to and extension of bioethics and environmental ethics, where the emerging language of ecosystem health expresses a broad commitment to planetary well-being. The concept of extraterrestrial ethics outlines the regard we should have for various forms of life in an era where new life forms and species boundary transitions are beginning to emerge. The prospect of chimera embryos, synthetic biology and the imperative to colonize outer stellar environments through space tourism, offer opportunities to interrogate what should be our moral commitment to such entities. More explicitly, extraterrestrial ethics details broad ethical concerns that relate to space exploration, which are implied by discussions about the motivation to conquer space, the ethics of manned missions, and responsibilities to outer spatial environments. In so doing, it draws on key conversations about the ethics of outer space within government policy and UNESCOs and the European Space Agency’s intimations of ethical concerns, articulating the contribution of the arts and humanities to establishing this broad cultural concern. In sum, the presentation responds to the four themes of the meeting, by considering the conceptualization of outer space as a non-national, transcultural environment, imaginations of the future of humanity as an indication of specific hubristic convictions, the traces left by humanity within space, and the commercialization of outer space as a form of colonization. |
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art&design // bioethics // china // cyberculture // ethics // law // medicine // olympics // outer space // politics // public engagement with science // science // sport // technology
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Miah, A. (2008) Letter to Utopia: A Reply to Bostrom, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).
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Glasgow, Scotland i (30 Sept, 2008)
Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support New Life Forms, for LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautical Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland [abstract]
Beijing, China c (Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics, International Symposium on Olympic Research, Beijing National University and University of Western Ontario [outline].
Olympia, Greece i (July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Academy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines].
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Miah, A. (2008) Justifying Human Enhancement: The Accumulation of Biocultural Capital. In: Wint, S. Ethical Futures. The Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (RSA), London.
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May, 2008
The technological enhancement of man, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
April, 2008
Evening Standard
Beijing 2008 Olympics and Protest
March, 2008
The Sports Factor, ABC Radio, Blogging at the Beijing Olympics
Feb, 2008
ESPN Magazine
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Beijing, China c (5 Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics [outline] |
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Olympia, Greece i (20 July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Acadmy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines]. |
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Leeds, UK c (16 July, 2008)
Ambush Media: Journalistic Freedom & Media Politics at the Beijing Olympics, Olympic Politics and Protest, Leeds Metropolitan University [abstract]. |
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London, UK ia (4 July, 2008)
Research Cluster on Innovative Media for a Digital Economy: Health Industries Workshop, British Medical Association House. |
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Liverpool, UK i (July, 2008)
Keynote, Body & Economy, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, FACT. |
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Chicago , USA ia (Jun, 2008)
2016 Olympic Bid conference, the contribution of the arts. |
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San Francisco , USA i (Jun, 2008)
Bioethics and Doping colloquium, St Mary's College. |
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London, UK c (Jun, 2008)
with Ana Adi, Framing Beijing's Olympic Bid: Human Rights Advocacy Groups and Online Mainstream International Media, Changes and Challenges: China’s Media, University of Westminster, London, [abstract] |
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Oxford, UK i (May, 2008)
Guest Seminar, St James Martin Institute for the 21st Century, Programme on Biomedical Ethics and Future of Humanity Institute |
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