Abstract
Consequentialism and Commercial Space Exploration
Highlights
Section One INERT MATTERPh.D. in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Donbass State Pedagogical University (Sloviansk, Ukraine)
In the last decade, Commercial Space Exploration has been actively proceeding from the field of theoretical research to practice
The “New Space” ecosystem is an opportunity for private actors and less-developed states to become involved in new high technologies and their use for commercial space exploration
Summary
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Donbass State Pedagogical University (Sloviansk, Ukraine). The authors investigated the relevance of consequentialism in commercial space exploration as well as in the actively developing space market. The authors conclude that space expansion and colonization of space objects will lead to a revision of the foundational consequentialism provisions. Consequentialism, formed during the history of terrestrial civilization, loses its effectiveness under conditions of space commercialization. The basics of planetary thinking are different from those of cosmic thinking. Considering the meaning of the terms “cosmic expansion” and “colonization of the cosmos” through the existing theory of consequentialism faces serious contradictions. There is a range of problems that are not explored in modern philosophy and ethics due to the lack of an empirical basis for philosophical analysis. Philosophy and Cosmology, Volume 24, 2020: 5-14.
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