Editing The Galactic Social Contract and Cosmic Governance (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Social Contract''' — (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau). "The Hypothetical" "Agreement" "Between" "Members" of "A Society" that "Establishes" "Political Authority" and "Defines" "Rights" and "Obligations."
* '''The Veil of Ignorance''' — (John Rawls). "A Thought Experiment": "Choose" "The Principles" of "Justice" for "A Society" "Without Knowing" "Your Position" in it (Rich/Poor, Strong/Weak). "Result": "Fair Principles."
* '''The Cosmic Commons''' — "Resources" and "Values" (Interstellar Space, Scientific Knowledge, Cultural Heritage) that "Belong" to "All" "Civilizations" and "Must Be Governed" "Collectively."
* '''Intergalactic Justice''' — "The Extension" of "Justice Principles" to "Relations" between "Civilizations" "Across" "The Galaxy."
* '''The Precautionary Principle (Cosmic)''' — "The Principle" that "Actions" (Terraforming, METI) that "Could" "Harm" "Unknown" "Civilizations" "Should" "Require" "Universal Consent."
* '''The Rights of Future Civilizations''' — "The Idea" that "Civilizations" that "Do Not" "Yet Exist" have "Moral Claims" on "Our Present Actions" — "We Must Not" "Close Off" "Their Options."
* '''Intergenerational Justice (Cosmic)''' — (See Article 665). "The Extension" of "Intergenerational" "Obligations" to "Future" "Civilizations" "Born in Other" "Star Systems."
* '''The 'Dark Forest' Theory''' — (See Article 689). "The Game-Theoretic" "Prediction" that "The Galactic" "Social Contract" "Defaults" to "Mutual Suspicion" and "Silence" — "Unless" "Trust" can be "Established."
* '''Cosmopolitanism''' — "The Philosophy" that "All Humans" (or "All Sentient Beings") are "Citizens" of "A Single Community" — "Extended" to "A Galactic Scale."
* '''The 'Overview Effect'''' — (See Article 717). "The Cognitive Shift" "Experienced" by "Astronauts": "Seeing Earth" as "A Tiny Blue Dot" "Inspires" "Planetary" (and "Cosmic") "Identification."
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