On the day that I am writing this the New York Times reported that the US Department of the Interior is trying to make changes to the Endangered Species Act with the result that protections for endangered and threatened species in the United States would be greatly reduced. Although I generally try to avoid being […]
The servant God
This blog post is a guest post by Dr Andy Gosler. Dr Gosler is a research lecturer in Ornithology & Conservation at Oxford University. He is also currently training for ordination in the Church of England. This post is the text of a sermon that he recently preached at Holy Trinity Church, Headigton Quarry, Oxford […]
Defining non-human persons
Robots and computers that can think and that have personalities were once the stuff of science fiction. In fact, they still are, but recent advances in artificial intelligence mean that thinking, self-aware robots and computers may be science fact before long. So much so that in January 2017, the European Parliament voted on a proposal […]
