What Can We Reasonably Predict Concerning Alien Religion and Ethics?

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作者
Smith, Kelly C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Clemson Univ, Philosophy & Biol Sci, Clemson, SC 29634 USA
关键词
Alien; religion; first contact; astrobiology; xenoreligion; xenoethics;
D O I
10.1080/14746700.2023.2292924
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
It is very easy to be pessimistic concerning what we can know of possible aliens, much less what we can know of their religious or ethical beliefs. Nevertheless, I make the attempt by laying out a set of assumptions consistent with our best science and then use these assumptions to make reasonable inductive projections. The results are, unsurprisingly, but at the very least can serve as a critique delimiting what cannot be said as much as what can. Nevertheless, I hope that a few of my conclusions will prove interesting as points of contention if nothing else.
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