Article: Simulation and simulacra
The French philosopher Jean Baudrillard argued that postmodern culture had become so reliant on representations of reality that it wasContinue Reading
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Podcast: Simulation – Deep fakes, image as sacrament, David Beckham in Mandarin and therapy chatbots
We live in an era when digital technology is making it increasingly easy and cheap to create fake but compellingContinue Reading
Essay: Contemporary secular philosophers on abortion and infanticide
Ronald Dworkin We shall look first at Professor Ronald Dworkin’s book, Life’s Dominion – an argument about euthanasia and abortion,Continue Reading
Talk: Is there a morally right way to live?
In this talk, organised by the Christian Union at University College London, I attempted to explore the controversial question ofContinue Reading
Debate: Your conscience, my health, whose right to refuse?
Doctors in the UK and elsewhere have long been given the legal right to refuse to perform abortions, on theContinue Reading