Video-games-1557358 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 18, 2022 CategoriesEthicsHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , ai ethics, algorithms, artificial intelligence, creativity, deification, dog, free will, God, God Complex, gods, human responsibilities, human rights, humans, metaethics, morality, murder, reality, software, The Matrix, transhumanism, virtual reality Professor Explains “How to Be a God” Wesley J. Smith January 18, 2022 Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 4 Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›
man-sharing-sandwich-with-curious-squirrel-in-tranquil-park-1032285006-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 10, 2017 CategoriesEthicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __nedited, animal experiments, animal rights, ethical pluralism, human responsibilities, humanism, metaethics, moral duties, New York Times, pluralism, posthumanism Now It’s “Posthumanist Ethical Pluralism” Wesley J. Smith January 10, 2017 Ethics, Human Exceptionalism 5 If human life doesn't have the highest ultimate objective value, there is no way to philosophically defend universal human rights. Read More ›
image Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date December 29, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __nedited, caregiving, elder care, family, Health & Wellness, human responsibilities, technocracy, unpaid care In a Technocratic Age, Redefining Family Bonds Wesley J. Smith December 29, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 2 This year, I took my mother into my home for the last five months of her life as she was dying. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date May 3, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , __tedited, abstract thinking, choices, determinism, fallacy, free will, human mind, human responsibilities, illusions, mind-brain debate, natural causes, people, self Is Free Will Just "Your Brain Tricking Itself"? Michael Egnor May 3, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 When scientists propose a really inane explanation for a mundane observation, evolutionary psychology is likely the discipline invoked. Read More ›
