2006-09-25 09:57:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think so. Wouldn't it be beneficial to bring life where there is none?
2006-09-25 10:01:50 · answer #1 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend upon what is on that particular planet. If it requires the killing of other life forms, Id say that terraforming another planet could be unethical....
2006-09-25 16:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When humans as a species appeared on earth we changed the earth. we have polluted the land and destroyed forests in the name of progress did anybody think about the ethics of destroying the Earth? NO they did not. Though I don't see anything ethically wrong with terraforming an uninhabited planet I do not know that we should be given a chance when we did such a crappy job with this one.
Amanda
2006-09-25 17:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by ladygwendlyn2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given the utter uniqueness of every terrestrial planet we know of - which admittedly isn't many - it seems to be in some ways a lot worse than, say, paving over Yellowstone Park. It's getting rid of an irreplaceable natural resource.
But unethical? Well, I can't quite say that. But it shouldn't be taken lightly.
Besides, it always seems to go terribly wrong in the all the science-fiction stories.
2006-09-25 19:00:58 · answer #4 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, why would it be? We, as sentients, change the environment to our advantage. It's within our nature. It's natural for us to mess with the natural order of things. It would only be unethical if we caused genocide of other sentients or wiped out whole biospheres as a result of the terraforming.
2006-09-25 17:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Agree with above answer, depends on whether there is life on it already.
Converse question - it Venusforming our planet unethical?
2006-09-25 17:00:46 · answer #6 · answered by larry n 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the christians have been trying to do that for 2000yrs on earth thay are unethical to the form of life on this planet
2006-09-25 17:04:01 · answer #7 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strike a happy medium: partially terraform Mars and partially marziform humans. It just might happen. ;-)
2006-09-25 17:00:37 · answer #8 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unethical? Only if it's LV-426.
2006-09-25 17:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean doing away with the oceans, that seems to be a description of the new earth in Revelation (no more sea). Yes, God is ethical.
2006-09-25 17:03:12 · answer #10 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends. Is there life already on the planet? If not, I don't see why it would be.
2006-09-25 16:59:05 · answer #11 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋