SETI & METI: An Indian Perspective
Critiques consider Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) immoral for various reasons. This article is a response to SETI-METI from an Indian perspective, both classical Hindu and Roman Catholic. The article begins with a brief account of w...
| Subtitles: | Theme Articles: "Should we send messages to extraterrestrials?" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2019]
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Theology and science
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-58 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | Critiques consider Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) immoral for various reasons. This article is a response to SETI-METI from an Indian perspective, both classical Hindu and Roman Catholic. The article begins with a brief account of what the space programme in India looks like today. Then this article makes two claims: (1) the existence or non-existence of extraterrestrials is not a threat to the Indian mind as the Indian worldview provides sufficient tools to accommodate extraterrestrials; plus (2) Roman Catholic moral theology should reframe its ethical thinking with an inclusive cosmic paradigm to embrace the extraterrestrials. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2019.1557801 |