The Space Renaissance Ambassadors High Level Education Programme
The Space Renaissance Academy has kicked off the Space Renaissance Ambassadors Education Programme, a series of lectures on the key concepts of the Space Renaissance philosophy, Cosmic Humanism.
The purpose of this program is to train the Space Renaissance Ambassadors, a class of super-powerful Ambassadors, endowed with booster capabilities to talk to the society at large, making understand the urgence of civilization expansion into the outer space.
The SR Academy Working Team plans to prepare the following first lectures:
Lecture #
Title / Contents
Lecturer
L0001.T2
Utopian thinking and space philosophy - Review of the philosophers who wrote about utopias, - Identification of the limits of all utopias so far: development in a closed world - Comparison with modern utopias - Conceptualization of a new space feasible utopia, in a new open world Weltanschauung
Adriano V. Autino
L0005.T3
Introduction to Space Philosophy and its history
Dr. Marie-Luise Heuser
L0003.T3
Reflecting on the actuality of Krafft A. Ehricke - “The Extraterrestrial Imperative” – key concepts - “Anthropology of Astronautics” – key concepts - What KAE really said, his main focus, philosophical teachings for nowadays and for the future, refuting misinterpretations - KAE’s philosophical references.
Adriano V. Autino
L0004.T3
Gerard K. O'Neill's vision, a key heritage while humanity is kicking off Civilian Space Development - “Islands in Space” – a conceptual review - “2081 a Hopeful View of the Human Future” – a conceptual review - O’Neill, a scientist who left great philosophical teachings - O’Neill’s philosophical references.
Jerry Stone
L0002.T2
Ethics and morals evolution along the history - Review of the philosophers who wrote about ethics and morals, essential concepts - A modern humanist ethics, 100% inclusive: which of the old concepts are still valid? Which new concepts are needed? - Different humanist and anti-humanist schemes of values - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicuro, Agostino, Tommaso d’Aquino, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Machiavelli, Moro, Hobbes, Kant, Leibniz, Spinosa, Cartesio, Hume, Smith, Schopenauer, Mill, Hegel, Kirkegaard, Nietzche, Ehricke, Sen, Bioethics, Ethics of the Expansion into Space.
A lecture on Space Philosophy -- mainly the value of human heritage -- given at International Space University, the January 11th 2022. The value of human patrimony is the very key concept of cosmic humanism, the reason why humankind needs to expand into the Solar System and beyond.
Dr. Marie-Luise Heuser
Transterrestrialism in the Renaissance and its Importance for today’s Space Philosophy, a lecture given the March 21st, in the frame of SR Academy Webinar Series. An historic summary of the cosmic humanist philosophical thought, from ancient times to nowadays.
Adriano V. Autino
A greater world is possible! Adriano V. Autino presents his book.
Adriano V. Autino
Astronautic Humanism Definitions, Main Concepts, Evolutionary Aspects. Three lectures to introduce Astronautic Humanism.
