Meta-Humans and Metanoia: The Moral Dimension of Extraterrestrials
Abstract. Although we do not know whether intelligent extraterrestrials exist, they are a permanent fixture of literature and philosophical argument. Part of their appeal is that they watch us from above and thus serve as a metaphor for human self-reflexivity. This makes fictional aliens especially...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
2006
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Zygon
Year: 2006, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 329-346 |
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Morality
B Original Sin B C. S. Lewis B extraterrestrial aliens B Science Fiction |
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