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...

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Autres titres:Theme Articles: "Should we send messages to extraterrestrials?"
Auteur principal: Pichalakkattu, Binoy (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: [2019]
Dans: Theology and science
Année: 2019, Volume: 17, Numéro: 1, Pages: 49-58
RelBib Classification:BK Hindouisme
KDB Église catholique romaine
NBE Anthropologie
NCA Éthique
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1474-6719
Contient:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2019.1557801