Baron, Christian
Science Fiction, Ethics and the Human Condition
1. Introduction: Science Fiction at a Crossroad Between Ethics and Imagination
Christian Baron, Peter Nicolai Halvorsen, Christine Cornea
2. The Perfect Organism: The Intruder of the
Christian Baron
3. Science Fiction at the Far Side of Technology: Vernor Vinge’s Singularity Thesis Versus the Limits of AI-Research
Mikkel Willum Johansen
4. A Greenhouse on Mars
Peter Westermann
5. Fascinating! Popular Science Communication and Literary Science Fiction: The Shared Features of Awe and Fascination and Their Significance to Ideas of Science Fictions as Vehicles for Critical Debate About Scientific Enterprises and Their Ethical Implications
Gitte Meyer
Part II. Identity and the Post-Human Condition
6. Our Serial (and Parallel) Selves: Identity in the Age of the Transhuman
Stig W. Jørgensen
7. Commodified Life: Post-Humanism, Cloning and Gender in
Sherryl Vint
8. Religion in a World of Androids and Aliens: Life and Death in Ridley Scott’s
Peter Nicolai Halvorsen
9. I Am Omega Man: Religious Repositioning of the Secular Apocalypse Film in
Tony Degouveia
Part III. The Politics and Ethics of Science Fiction
10. From Isolationism to Globalism: An Overview of Politics and Ethics in the Hollywood Science Fiction Film
Christine Cornea
11. Reinventing Utopia: Politics and Ethics of Choice in the Works of Kim Stanley Robinson
Niels Dalgaard
12. The Final Frontier: Survival Ethics in Extreme Living Conditions as Portrayed in Tom Godwin’s
Christian Baron
13. The Politics of Post-Apocalypse: Ideologies on Trial in John Wyndham’s
Jerry Määttä
14. On Ustopias and Finding Courage in a Hopeless Situation
Maud M. L. Eriksen, Mickey Gjerris
Nyckelord: Philosophy, Ethics, Knowledge - Discourse
- Utgivare
- Baron, Christian
- Cornea, Christine
- Halvorsen, Peter Nicolai
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2017
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 6 sidor
- Kategori
- Filosofi
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319565774
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-3-319-56575-0