Conceptualizing the Asteroid Threat and Searching for a Balanced Answer Between Effectiveness and Desirability

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_14" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_14</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_14" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_14</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Conceptualizing the Asteroid Threat and Searching for a Balanced Answer Between Effectiveness and Desirability

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter utilizes the theory of securitization, as previously explained, and applies it to the asteroid threat. As the threat itself is clearly detectable by scientific means, it might look as if there are no political implications. This chapter claims the opposite. The fact that we can scientifically detect an asteroid merely precedes a political decision on how best to deal with it, no matter whether it is on a collision course or not. Securitization not only brings the threat to the fore of global debates, but it also legitimizes certain mitigation measures. Planetary defense is a delicate topic because currently, the most effective mitigation measure is nuclear deflection. However, using a nuclear warhead euphemistically called a &apos;Nuclear Explosive Device&apos; creates new dilemmas. Thinking about alternatives for planetary defense that could become part of a broader infrastructure in space provides more than just security defined as the absence of threat; rather, it provides an opportunity to promote human flourishing in space and on Earth. Scientific authorities produce knowledge applicable to threat mitigation, but at the same time this creates responsibility and requires ethical reflection. This chapter explains in detail how a decision based simultaneously on rational and normative values should look.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Conceptualizing the Asteroid Threat and Searching for a Balanced Answer Between Effectiveness and Desirability

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter utilizes the theory of securitization, as previously explained, and applies it to the asteroid threat. As the threat itself is clearly detectable by scientific means, it might look as if there are no political implications. This chapter claims the opposite. The fact that we can scientifically detect an asteroid merely precedes a political decision on how best to deal with it, no matter whether it is on a collision course or not. Securitization not only brings the threat to the fore of global debates, but it also legitimizes certain mitigation measures. Planetary defense is a delicate topic because currently, the most effective mitigation measure is nuclear deflection. However, using a nuclear warhead euphemistically called a &apos;Nuclear Explosive Device&apos; creates new dilemmas. Thinking about alternatives for planetary defense that could become part of a broader infrastructure in space provides more than just security defined as the absence of threat; rather, it provides an opportunity to promote human flourishing in space and on Earth. Scientific authorities produce knowledge applicable to threat mitigation, but at the same time this creates responsibility and requires ethical reflection. This chapter explains in detail how a decision based simultaneously on rational and normative values should look.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TL01000181" target="_blank" >TL01000181: Multidisciplinární analýza obrany planety před asteroidy jako klíčové národní politiky zajišťující mírový rozvoj a prosperitu lidstva na Zemi i ve vesmíru</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Planetary Defense

ISBN

978-3-030-00999-1

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

217-230

Počet stran knihy

475

Název nakladatele

Springer

Místo vydání

Cham

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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