LIFE-VALUE NARRATIVES AND THE IMPACT OF ASTROBIOLOGY ON CHRISTIAN ETHICS

被引：5
作者：
Mix, Lucas John [1 ]
机构：
[1] Ctr Theol Inquiry, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
来源：
ZYGON | 2016年 / 51卷 / 02期
关键词：
astrobiology; bioethics; biology; environment; ethics; theological anthropology;
D O I：
10.1111/zygo.12253
中图分类号：
D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号：
摘要：
"Pale Blue Dot" and "Anthropocene" are common tropes in astrobiology and often appear in ethical arguments. Both support a decentering of human life relative to biological life in terms of value. This article introduces a typology of life-value narratives: hierarchical narratives with human life above other life and holistic narratives with human life among other life. Astrobiology, through the two tropes, supports holistic narratives, but this should not be viewed as opposed to Christianity. Rather, Christian scriptures provide seeds of both hierarchical and holistic narratives, each of which may flourish in different environments. By attending to which aspects of human life are valued-or disvalued-relative to biological life, we can better understand how life-concepts do work in ethics, anthropology, and soteriology in secular as well as theological contexts.
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页码：520 / 535
页数：16
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