artificial intelligence, bioethics, science
Shibuya Mirai is an AI chatbot designed to interact as a seven-year-old boy. Mirai was granted residency status in Tokyo, marking another milestone in the journey to the development of consciousness in machines. Cognitive scientists Dehaene, Lau, and Kouider suggest...
bioethics, environment, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy, worldview
The common interpretation that the Genesis creation account grants humankind a lasting and comprehensive dominion over creation has been critiqued as being destructively man-centered.[1] To such critics anthropocentrism seems not to offer much promise for a positive,...
abortion, bioethics, ethics
During the fiscal years of 2009-2014 alone, Planned Parenthood performed 1,650,024 abortions.[1] In the same five years, Planned Parenthood provided more than twice as many breast exams (3,254,136)[2] as abortions – along with a host of other services related...
abortion, bioethics, death, ethics, philosophy, politics, science
At a political forum in 2008, then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama famously sidestepped the important question of when life begins. He wittily quipped that such a question was above his pay grade. Still, not surprisingly, during his administration he has...
abortion, bioethics, politics, sexuality, social justice
Allow me first to preface this article with an important consideration. Perhaps someone reading this article has had an abortion. This article is not targeting or condemning you, though it may pertain to you (and I hope you think through the issues just the same)....
