Archie Battersbee 2
Doubts over the brain scans, the end of ‘doctor knows best’, sucked into the culture wars and protective power of attorney
Doubts over the brain scans, the end of ‘doctor knows best’, sucked into the culture wars and protective power of attorney
The invention of ‘brain death’, a breakdown in trust, the child’s best interests, and how to turn off life support
Whole genome sequencing, Gattaca, de-identification versus anonymity, and Big Data Towers of Babel
Rare diseases, libraries of recipe books, BRCA1, and precision medicine
Rediscovering lament, reciting psalms in bomb shelters, the Gethsemane prayer, and the realism of Christian hope
'Adamah’, mystery and presence, the ever-smiling Buddha, and the lamb slain from the creation of the world
Astrobiology, 16 billion billion Earth-like planets, LUCA and the non-competitive Imago Dei
The James Webb telescope, extra-terrestrial life, hobbits of the universe and the doctrine of creation
The prohibition on soothsaying, transcending genetic determinism, a client-technician relationship and Heidi Crowter’s joyful self-advocacy
In the second part of our conversation on robot rights, we explore three Christian responses to calls for robot personhood, spanning the spectrum of hostility to optimism about the development.…