The Ethics Laws as a Basis for Building a Cosmic Civilization. The Sofia Republic

by Oleg Bazaluk¹ and Svitlana Balinchenko^2
1 Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (Maoming, China)
¹ Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/phil-cosm/24/13
Received: August 19, 2019 / Accepted: September 28, 2019 / Published: January 25, 2020

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. Therefore, 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.Keywords: consequentialism, commercial space exploration, space commercialization, “New Space” ecosystem, space market, moral rightness

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