Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law : The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights /
Bohlander, Michael,
Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law : The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights / The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights Michael Bohlander. - 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in International Criminal Law ; 5 . - Studies in International Criminal Law ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
It is statistically unlikely that humans are the only intelligent species in the universe. Nothing about the others will be known until contact is made beyond a radio signal from space that merely tells us they existed when it was sent. That contact may occur tomorrow, in a hundred years, or never. If it does it will be a high-risk scenario for humanity. It may be peaceful or hostile. Relying on alien altruism and benign intentions is wishful thinking. We need to begin identifying as a planetary species, and develop a global consensus on how to respond in either scenario.
English
9789004677708
10.1163/9789004677708 DOI
International and municipal law.
Space law.
Space warfare.
KZD1145
341.4/7
Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law : The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights / The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights Michael Bohlander. - 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in International Criminal Law ; 5 . - Studies in International Criminal Law ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
It is statistically unlikely that humans are the only intelligent species in the universe. Nothing about the others will be known until contact is made beyond a radio signal from space that merely tells us they existed when it was sent. That contact may occur tomorrow, in a hundred years, or never. If it does it will be a high-risk scenario for humanity. It may be peaceful or hostile. Relying on alien altruism and benign intentions is wishful thinking. We need to begin identifying as a planetary species, and develop a global consensus on how to respond in either scenario.
English
9789004677708
10.1163/9789004677708 DOI
International and municipal law.
Space law.
Space warfare.
KZD1145
341.4/7