By: Akos Balogh
In the iconic movie ‘Terminator 2’, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator Robot travels back from a dystopian future and explains the origins of the rogue AI Defence program ‘Skynet’ that would wage war on humanity:
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The Disturbing Contradiction at the Heart of Secular Morality
By: Akos Balogh
There’s a contradiction built into the heart of the secular view of morality.
How Driverless Cars Will Steer Us Off the Beaten Track
By: Michael McQueen
It has become a well-known fact in recent years that driverless cars are a future that is soon to arrive. In characteristically ambitious fashion, Tesla founder Elon Musk suggests we will see true autonomous driving available to the public within the next few years.
Christians Have a Right to Question COVID-19 Vaccines, But Oxford Trials Aren’t Tainted
By: Clare Bruce
Two leading Christian medical ethicists believe there’s nothing morally wrong with accepting a coronavirus vaccine made using foetal cell lines from an abortion, if there aren’t alternatives – but that people of faith have every right to ask questions, and push for options.
Ethics of Creating ‘Three Parent’ Babies
By: Anne Rinaudo
If science allows for the possibility that we can do something – should we? On ‘Open House’ Margo Somerville, Professor of Bioethics at The University of Notre Dame Australia, discusses with Stephen O’Doherty some of the questions that arise if Australia lifts a ban on creating ‘three person’ IVF babies.