morality

If A.I.s are as smart as mice or dogs, do they deserve the same rights?

1,500 study participants play Spot the Cheater

Lauren Miranda sent a nude selfie to a boyfriend years ago. Somehow one of her students discovered it.

Some are worried this represents an Orwellian move. At heart, it’s not.

Artists and fans are the big losers as bot-powered scalpers make a killing.

Victims are moral agents rather than moral patients.

Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.

Our culture has its own mistaken assumption: that the individual is an autonomous human intellect independent from the social environment.

The brains of two genetically edited babies born last year in China might have enhanced memory and cognition, but that doesn’t mean the scientific community is pleased.

Creativity can bring about unchecked harm, but it’s up to us how we wield it.

“I should be as happy as I’m ever going to be right now, but I’m not. Is this it?”

In this short video, he compares the outset of Buddhism with the biblical garden.

Human values evolve. So how will we raise virtuous A.I.s?

People’s views can change. What do we do with that?

None of these steps are quick or easy, but practice and online courses can help.

Some games are just for fun, others are for thought provoking statements on life, the universe, and everything.

Are parents being naughty or nice?

Great ideas in philosophy often come in dense packages. Then there is where the work of Marcus Aurelius.

There are two main types of sexual fantasies. One, however, is more destructive than the other.

A study out of Finland shows us that sex is sex and robots are robots, and the overlap is confusing.

Should all ideas see daylight?

Maybe we should stop worrying about what happens after we die, and make the best of what we have on earth right now.

Assigning human values and morals to wild animals will only end in heartbreak. And possible necrophilia.

Are we doomed?

‘Whose job is it to fix the bad stuff in the world?’ asks Alice Dreger.

America’s #1 problem? It’s gone from “We the people” to “We the shareholders”. Can capitalism be better than this?

It’s hard to quantify what it means to be good, but this framework takes a stab at breaking down what makes people behave nicely.

It’s not yet clear why this is happening, but there are plenty of suspects