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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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Between Inculturation and Natural Law: Comparative Method in Catholic Moral Theology

open access: yesJournal of Moral Theology, 2013
In a post-Vatican II Church finding itself in an increasingly globalized world, a spirit of ecumenical generosity is not only possible but necessary. Lantigua and Clairmont argue that Catholic moral theology flourishes when it is brought into contact ...
David M. Lantigua, David A. Clairmont
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Austere Moral Ecologies and Artificial Agents

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract There are underappreciated moral costs for deploying artificially intelligent agents in our present bureaucratically and market‐structured world. Currently, AI systems lack the interiority and mutual vulnerability required for genuine moral relationality.
Manuel Vargas
wiley   +1 more source

Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
wiley   +1 more source

Christian Nationalism and the Vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election: A State‐Level Analysis

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the US electoral system, where states are conceived of and vote as discrete entities, state‐level characteristics are vital to consider because they reflect sociocultural context influencing voter behaviour. Though numerous studies have documented the connection between Christian nationalist ideology and voting for Donald Trump in 2016,
Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry
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Can a Darwinian be a Christian? Ethical Issues

open access: yesZygon, 2000
A brief historical overview shows the main Christian claims aboutmorality and proper conduct, looking at questions about both prescriptions (‘normative ethics’) and foundations (‘metaethics’).
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Stochastic Simulation Model for Forecasting Index‐Linked Public Expenditure

open access: yesPublic Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper introduces a system dynamics (SD) model for analyzing public sector cost growth, where costs are tied to indices. The SD model isolates the effects of automatic indexation, providing probabilistic projections of expenditure growth. It enables testing of alternative indexation strategies and cost‐reduction measures. Findings show how
Miia Rissanen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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