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How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life?

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  • Erik Persson

    (Department of Philosophy, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA)

  • Jessica Abbott

    (Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden)

  • Christian Balkenius

    (Department of Philosophy, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Anna Cabak Redei

    (Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Klara Anna Čápová

    (Department of Anthropology, Durham University, DH1 3LE Durham, UK)

  • Dainis Dravins

    (Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • David Dunér

    (Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Markus Gunneflo

    (Department of Law, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Maria Hedlund

    (Department of Political Science, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Mats Johansson

    (Medical Ethics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Anders Melin

    (Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University, 211 19 Malmö, Sweden)

  • Petter Persson

    (Department of Chemistry, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

Abstract

The project “A Plurality of Lives” was funded and hosted by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University, Sweden. The aim of the project was to better understand how a second origin of life, either in the form of a discovery of extraterrestrial life, life developed in a laboratory, or machines equipped with abilities previously only ascribed to living beings, will change how we understand and relate to life. Because of the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the project aim, the project took an interdisciplinary approach with a research group made up of 12 senior researchers representing 12 different disciplines. The project resulted in a joint volume, an international symposium, several new projects, and a network of researchers in the field, all continuing to communicate about and advance the aim of the project.

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  • Erik Persson & Jessica Abbott & Christian Balkenius & Anna Cabak Redei & Klara Anna Čápová & Dainis Dravins & David Dunér & Markus Gunneflo & Maria Hedlund & Mats Johansson & Anders Melin & Petter Per, 2019. "How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life?," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jchals:v:10:y:2019:i:1:p:32-:d:240893
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    1. Erik Persson, 2014. "What Does It Take to Establish that a World Is Uninhabited Prior to Exploitation? A Question of Ethics as well as Science," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-15, August.
    2. Erik Persson, 2017. "Ethics and the Potential Conflicts between Astrobiology, Planetary Protection, and Commercial Use of Space," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-3, May.
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