Volume 20 (236 pages) is in honor of Gerard K. O'Neill (1927-1992). One question Dr. O'Neill attempted to answer was "Is the surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization?" Eight of the thirteen chapters are related to this question (or to Dr. O'Neill). Five of the thirteen chapters are related to other important topics. The anthology's chapters (by professional philosophers and other scholars and professionals) are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. The contributions consist of relevant reprints as well as scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. (part 1 of 2) CHAPTER ONE
Future Space Programs
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9 August 1975 (Congressional Statement By Asimov)
By Isaac Asimov; CHAPTER TWO
Images Of Gerry: The Enduring Personae Of Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill
By Emily Carney; CHAPTER THREE
Peace From On High
By Joe Haldeman; CHAPTER FOUR
Space Colonization And Energy Supply To Earth
by Gerard K. O'Neill; CHAPTER FIVE
Outer Space Treaty Of 1967
By The States Parties To The Outer Space Treaty Of 1967; CHAPTER SIX
Death - The Extinction Of The Individual And Its Consequences For Civilization
By John Strickland Jr.; CHAPTER SEVEN
26 January 1978 (Congressional Statement By Tandy)
By Charles Tandy; CHAPTER EIGHT
You Have A Duty To Migrate Off-Planet . . . (From Blue Origin To Green Destiny: Gerard K. O'Neill And Planetary Crises)
By Charles Tandy; (part 2 of 2) CHAPTER NINE
Biology, Buddhism, And AI: Care As The Driver Of Intelligence
by Thomas Doctor, Olaf Witkowski, Elizaveta Solomonova, Bill Duane, and Michael Levin; CHAPTER TEN
A Mathematical Model Of Infinite Survival
by R. Michael Perry; CHAPTER ELEVEN
So Help Me Hannah (An Essay On Commitment)
by Bennett Rutledge; CHAPTER TWELVE
The 2021 Forward Party Morphed In 2022 Into - Into What?
by Charles Tandy; CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"Death In Damascus" Solution To The Fermi Paradox
by Alexey Turchin and Roman Yampolskiy.