Space and Human Culture [Paperback]

We live in an evolving and increasingly complex global community and with this complexity comes a broad range of ethical issues. The Ethics: Contemporary Perspectives brings together scholars from across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, including disciplines as diverse as philosophy, law, medicine and the study of world religions, to discuss these broad ethical issues in contemporary society. Its aim is explore our complex world, addressing both old and new ethical issues through scholarly discourse. This collection of essays looks Extraterrestrial life. It looks at as a discipline itself and also the religious questions that arise in the investigation of the topic. It also looks at the topic of astrobiology and space exploration. The contributors are Christian theologians, ethicists as well as those who study and work at the International Space University based in France but with links around the world.Jacques Arnould was born in 1961. An agricultural engineer and doctor in the history of science and theology, he is interested in the relationship between science, culture and religion, with a particular interest in two themes: that of the living being and its evolution, and that of space and its conquest. To the first he has devoted several works and articles of history or theology. On the second he is working as project leader at the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) on the social and cultural dimension of space activities. In the Editions du Cerf he has published: La Theologie apres Darwin (Theology after Darwin ) (1998); Dieu, le Singe et le Big Bang (God, the Monkey and the Big Bang ) (2000); La Seconde Chance d'Icare (Icarus's Second Chance) (2001) and Les Moustaches du diable (The Devil's Whiskers) 2003).