Video-games-1557358 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 18, 2022 CategoriesEthicsHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , algorithms, artificial intelligence, creativity, deification, dog, free will, God, gods, human responsibilities, human rights, humans, metaethics, morality, murder, reality, software, The Matrix, transhumanism 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, human responsibilities, humanism, metaethics, New York Times, pluralism 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, family, Health & Wellness, human responsibilities, technocracy 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 ›
Type post Date April 19, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsGenetics Tagged , __tedited, behavior, cell adhesion, character, children, choices, estrogen, free choice, genome, human responsibilities, moral responsibility, personality, prophecy, reproduction, risk, sexual misbehavior, sexual reproduction, storytelling Science as Astrology: A Gene for, or Rather Against, Virginity? Science & Culture April 19, 2016 Bioethics, Genetics 4 Sometimes it seems much of the most hyped research is about relieving us of the burden of personal moral responsibility. Read More ›
