About this episode

Mike discusses space ethics and his paper on moral values in space exploration with guests Jason Kaufman and Bradley Browne.

Mike speaks with Jason Kaufman and Bradley Browne on the Dice in Mind podcast about his paper "How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration" (featured on Episode 200 of Strange New Worlds). How does an astrobiologist get inspired to write about space ethics? How did the paper originate and evolve into its published form? And what does recognizing many kinds of moral value in the universe mean for our present era of space exploration? Mike's space ethics paper "How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02070-3 Check out the Dice in Mind podcast: https://diceinmind.podbean.com/ Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Dice in Mind: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social

People in this episode

Host: Mike

Guests: Jason Kaufman, Bradley Browne

Topics covered

• space ethics
• moral values
• space exploration
• astrobiology
• academic papers

Keywords

• space ethics
• moral future
• astrobiology
• space exploration
• Dice in Mind

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dice in Mind, Nature

Books & works: How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration

More episodes of Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast

• Episode 202: Project Hail Mary · July 4, 2026 · 45 min
• Episode 200: How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration · June 21, 2026 · 24 min

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