Matters of Life and Death

192 Odcinki

1. Medical Assistance in Dying 1: Judicial activism, a ‘reasonably foreseeable’ death, the unacceptability of suffering, and reasons to stay alive

   Opublikowany: 18.01.2023
2. Martin Rees 3: Pre-emptive science fiction, the morality-reality gap, adventurers on Mars, and the mind of the Creator

   Opublikowany: 11.01.2023
3. Martin Rees 2: Blurred humanity, re-dignifying care work, algorithms reading lung X-rays, and the risks of virtual life

   Opublikowany: 4.01.2023
4. Martin Rees 1: Advances in artificial intelligence, the Eliza effect, passing the Turing Test, and the problem of other minds

   Opublikowany: 28.12.2022
5. Social media and politics 2: A mucky business, the ultimate conspiracy theory, ‘showbiz for ugly people’, and and atomised individuals

   Opublikowany: 21.12.2022
6. Social media and politics 1: The judgemental society, 3,000 offensive tweets a day, freedom from vs freedom to, and Elon Musk’s Twitter

   Opublikowany: 14.12.2022
7. Mental health 2: Emotional resilience, the bio-psycho-social model, the power of story, and depression in the Psalms

   Opublikowany: 7.12.2022
8. Mental health 1: Power dynamics, the psychiatrist as brick wall, casualties of social media, and over-pathologising distress

   Opublikowany: 30.11.2022
9. Dependence 2: The Panopticon at home, evangelising to retirees, existential angst in the House of Lords, and rejecting self-sufficiency

   Opublikowany: 23.11.2022
10. Dependence 1: Isolated elderly people, altruistic suicide, a second childhood, and a crucified hero

    Opublikowany: 16.11.2022
11. Protestant Social Teaching 2: The ars moriendi, open casket funerals in Derry Girls, the end of Christendom and ethical quietism

    Opublikowany: 9.11.2022
12. Protestant Social Teaching 1: Overlap with Catholicism, chronological snobbery, rejecting one-size-fits-all ethics, and ‘worldly’ versus ‘spiritual’ matters

    Opublikowany: 2.11.2022
13. AI sentience 2: I-Thou relationships, talking to stuffed animals, thanking Alexa, and Turing red flag laws

    Opublikowany: 26.10.2022
14. AI sentience 1: Blake Lemoine and LaMDA, trillions of words, mute idols, and the God who speaks

    Opublikowany: 19.10.2022
15. Matters of Life and Death: The book reconsidered, the Moscow State University reading list, audiobooks, and the decline of the reading Christian

    Opublikowany: 12.10.2022
16. Embryology 2: Psalm 139, reconsidering ‘ensoulment’, the language of right and wrong, and co-operation with evil

    Opublikowany: 5.10.2022
17. Embryology 1: A stem cell ‘Mini Me’, CRISPR, Brave New World, and extending the 14-day limit

    Opublikowany: 28.09.2022
18. Evolution 2: Tracking coronavirus variants, the immorality of mutation, roughly one thousand hominids, and intelligent uncertainty

    Opublikowany: 21.09.2022
19. The Queen: Monarchy as service, astonishing the President of Ireland, the changing Christmas Speech, and a testimonial faith

    Opublikowany: 14.09.2022
20. Evolution 1: Finding common ground, the cosmic watchmaker, interpreting Genesis, and a 6,000-year-old Earth?

    Opublikowany: 7.09.2022