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267 Index advaita, 112–114 ALH 84001, 5 Allen Telescope Array, 8, 184 Antarctic Treaty of 1961 as model for planetocentric ethics, 174–176 Aquinas, Thomas on other worlds, 81–82 on what it means to be human, 90, 91 Aristotle, 19, 23–24, 81 on human versus animal, 208, 209 on other worlds, 81 artificial cells, 121–123 arguments concerning development, 126–137 objections to creating, 124–126 astrobiology, 5, 143 assumptions concerning ETIL, 204–205 and education, 228–230, 231–233 ethical systems and, 28, 95 questions of, 5 and science fiction Clark, Arthur C., 181 Contact, 183 Crichton, Michael, 122 Hoyle, Fred, 41–42 Star Trek, 40–41, 46, 176, 252 search for extraterrestrial life and, 120–121, 142–143, 202–203 bachelor, 21–25 Bentham, Jeremy on ethics, 36 Big Bang, 65 biomarkers, 8 Buddha, 107–108 Cassini-Huygens, 5 Christian “Golden Rule,” 211 Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 149, 151 Copernicus, Nicholas Copernican Principle, 9 cosmological model, 83–85 cosmological models Ancient Greeks (Aristotelean), 80–82 Buddhist, 98–99 Copernicus, 84–85 Old Testament, 83 Ptolemy, 82–83 Curiosity rover, 5 Darwin, Charles Darwinian evolution, 20–21, 83 The Origin of Species, 85–86, 237 theory of evolution, natural selection, 87–89, 201, 214, 216–217 decision theory, 128–130, 138 Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, 185–186, 202 deep ecology, 170–171 Descartes, René, 34, 45, 84 Dick, Steven, 34, 46 268 · Index diversity enhancing, 158–161, 173 recognizing, 1, 5, 6, 11, 27, 31, 68, 87, 236, 238 DNA, 26–27, 66 Drake Equation, 88 Dyson, Freeman, 191 Dyson sphere, 182 ecosynthesis, 168 emergence and origin of life, 3, 56, 143 Enceladus, 6 encountering aliens Europeans encounter the new world, 77, 208 the “other,” 77 evolution Darwinian model, 87–88 of Universe, 65–66 exobiology, 143, 168 and astrobiology searches within the Solar System, 145–146, 151 and sample return missions, 148–150 extrasolar planets, 6, 142, 143 extraterrestrial life (EL), 12, 89, 91, 121, 142 assumptions about, 181–184 assumptions for engagement, 204–205 and effects on humans, 152–153 engaging with, 200 extraterrestrial intelligent life (ETIL), 12, 89 microbial life, 3, 172, 191, 247 in Solar System, 4–8, 84, 86, 143–144, 147–148, 151–154, 158, 160, 167–168, 169, 171–176, 179, 183, 200, 202, 251, 254 Fisher, John, 38 forward contamination, 148–149, 165, 202 Frankencell, 123 future of life, 158–159, 165 Galileo, 5 golden rule, 211 good and evil Buddhist understanding, 101–105 Hubble Space Telescope (HST), 5 Hume, David, 29 intelligence, 32 Jainism, 170 Kant, Immanuel criterion for ethical acceptability, 63–64 on ethics, 35–36, 211 Kepler, 7 KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid), 188 last common human ancestor, 7 late heavy bombardment, 171 Leopold, Aldo, 12, 57–58, 63, 73, 169 life concepts, definitions of, 19–28 Darwinian definitions of, 20–21 on Earth, 26–28 Locke, 24 Mars, 5, 7, 159 biologically reversible exploration, 161–164 missions Mars Global Surveyor, 5 Mars Odyssey, 5 Mars Pathfinder, 162 Mars Polar Lander, 162 Mars Science Laboratory, 7 Phoenix lander, 162 Spirit and Opportunity rovers, 162 Viking, 7, 20 meta-ethics. 61–62 Mill, John Stuart on ethics, 36 Miller-Urey experiment, 88 moral agents, 18 moral patients, 18 moral status extraterrestrials, 59 nonhumans, 42–48 [34.201.16.34] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 20:19 GMT) Index · 269 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NASA’s Astrobiology Roadmap, 5, 143, 169, 201, 248 natural kind, 24–25 natural selection, 20–21, 66, 70, 71 Neoplatonists, 94, 95 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as model for public participation in decision making, 145 “The Other,” 13 other worlds, cosmologies and philosophies of Athenian, 81 Atomist, 80–81 Buddhist, 95, 98–108 Christian, 81–82 Hindu, 95, 108–116 Outer Space Treaty of 1967, 148–149, 153, 168, 191 Pioneer 10 and 11, 195 planetary protection, 11, 144, 148–149, 151, 161, 162, 165, 169, 202 planetocentric ethics, 12, 172–174 Plato, 81, 94 and Christian scholarship, 81 on other worlds, 81 plurality of worlds, 85–86 precautionary principle, 132–137, 162 principle of mediocrity, 4 Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) cosmological model, 82 Regan, Tom, 38 relationality, 67 restoration ecology, 168 Rg-veda, 108 Rio Scale, 189 RNA, 26–27, 66, 253 Sagan, Carl, 173, 182, 205 scientific literacy, 222, 223–225 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), 8, 91, 142, 178, 202 search projects Allen Telescope Array, 8, 184, 187 OSETI, 184...