Fred Guerin
On Being Wrong
A philosopher-friend of mine wrote an interesting piece on how the stupid of the world see anyone with moderate intelligence or critical...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 24, 20193 min read
On AI Sex Dolls
February 12/2019 In his Metamorphosis the Roman poet Ovid tells the story of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a female statue...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Douglas Rushkoff on How to be 'Team Human'
In a TED Talk last September (2018) media theorist Douglas Rushkoff argues that in our present digital technological age humans are no...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 24, 201910 min read
The Magical Invisibility Cloak Utilitarianism Wears in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism
In a philosophy seminar many years ago I called utilitarian ethics ‘the moral view from nowhere’. Like so many smart-ass undergrads I was...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 24, 201917 min read
On Roboethics and the Robotic Human
In the preface to a piece in the Tyee “Roboethics’ Not Science Fiction Anymore,”Emi Sasagawa asks three interesting questions: Can a...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 24, 201914 min read
Retrieving a Moral Comportment in an Age of Violence and Bullying
In a recent “Report to the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety,” the Canadian government,...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 23, 20197 min read
On Equity, Empathy and the 'Moral' Robot
There is a great deal to be said for living one’s life according to certain generalized or universal moral principles. Thus, the demand...
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