Prenatal screening 2
The prohibition on soothsaying, transcending genetic determinism, a client-technician relationship and Heidi Crowter’s joyful self-advocacy
Robot rights 2
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.…
Prenatal screening 1
Peering into the unknown, less than 1/150, blood tests over the internet, and disability doublethink
Old people 2
Aging congregations, transcendence at the Arsenal, understanding life backwards, and honouring prayer warriors
Old people 1
The demographic transition, Reverend Thomas Malthus, Hasidic Jewish outliers, and the grey vote
Robot rights 1
Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws, fauxbots, whimpering miniature dinosaurs, and inherent or conferred personhood
Pregnancy crisis 2
Paternalistic gynaecologists, holding truth with grace, ambiguity in the ultrasound clinic, and refusing the culture war
Pregnancy crisis 1
A constructive Christian response, heads versus hearts, feeling like a ‘bad feminist’, and the three options
Palliative care 2
Resisting assisted dying, the ‘superskill’ of listening, DNAR discussions, and euthanasia-free-zones
Palliative care 1
Dogs and Guinness on the wards, ‘living until you die’, deathbed prayers, and complicated grief