ABSTRACT

This paper questions the trend in astroethics to posit extraterrestrial life as clearly sapient or nonsapient by evaluating human interactions with one species of terrestrial nonhuman sapients, orcas. The author establishes a noncomprehensive set of criteria for sapience, then demonstrates the ways in which orcas meet or surpass said criteria. Potential interactions at individual and societal levels are examined to establish current patterns of interaction between humans and one nonhuman sapient species. From here the author extrapolates potential interactions between human explorers and extraterrestrial sapients which might not be readily apparent as such to human paradigms of sapience or culture.

摘要

本文通过评估人类与一种陆地非人类智能物种逆戟鲸的相互作用，质疑天体伦理学将地外生命明确为具有智能或非智能的趋势。作者建立了一套不全面的智能标准，然后展示了逆戟鲸达到或超过这些标准的方式。检查个人和社会层面的潜在相互作用，以建立人类与一种非人类智能物种之间的当前相互作用模式。从这里作者推断人类探险家和外星智能之间的潜在相互作用，这对于人类的智慧或文化范式来说可能并不那么明显。