Extraterrestrial Governance
Seminars

Extraterrestrial Governance
Seminars

Natural Rights Beyond Earth: Do Rights Survive the Gravity Well?

As human beings extend their presence beyond Earth, a foundational political question returns with unusual clarity:

Are natural rights inherent to the human person — or do they depend on the political and material infrastructure of Earth?

For centuries, philosophers have debated the “state of nature” as a thought experiment. But space settlement may transform that abstraction into lived reality. Beyond Earth, there is no inherited civil society, no historical territory, no ambient abundance. Survival depends on engineered life-support systems, tightly coordinated labor, and technological control of air, water, and energy.

In such an environment, what becomes of liberty?

Natural Rights Beyond Earth: Do Rights Survive the Gravity Well?

As human beings extend their presence beyond Earth, a foundational political question returns with unusual clarity:

Are natural rights inherent to the human person — or do they depend on the political and material infrastructure of Earth?

For centuries, philosophers have debated the “state of nature” as a thought experiment. But space settlement may transform that abstraction into lived reality. Beyond Earth, there is no inherited civil society, no historical territory, no ambient abundance. Survival depends on engineered life-support systems, tightly coordinated labor, and technological control of air, water, and energy.

In such an environment, what becomes of liberty?

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