Universalist ethics in extraterrestrial encounter

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 617-623

  Baum, Seth D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Extraterrestrials; Universalism

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; EXTRATERRESTRIALS; RELATIVE STRENGTH; UNIVERSALISM;

EID: 70449523441     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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