The Bioethics of Space Exploration
Author:   Konrad Szocik (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszow, Poland)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780197628478


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   24 August 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Konrad Szocik (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszow, Poland)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 16.40cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780197628478


ISBN 10:   0197628478
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   24 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction: The place of space bioethics in the philosophy and ethics of space missions 2. Introduction to human health risks in space and the methodology of space bioethics 3. Biomedical human enhancement 4. Germline gene editing and embryo selection for future long-term space missions 5. Justification of human enhancement versus rationale for space missions 6. Is the bioethics of space missions different from bioethics on Earth? 7. Moral bioenhancement in long-term space missions 8. Space Bioethics, Population Ethics, and Space Colonization 9. Conclusions 10. Appendix 1. Bioethics of space missions in the light of futures studies

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Konrad Szocik is a visiting fellow at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and an assistant professor at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland. His research interests include philosophy, ethics, and bioethics of space exploration, human enhancement, feminism, and selected issues on the border of futures studies and technology.

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