by Ethos Institute | Sep 4, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
As I write this essay, a woman’s body is shutting down from starvation and dehydration because of the decision made by her husband and a court order issued by Florida judge, George Greer. Terri Schiavo collapsed on 25 February, 1990, when her heart stopped...
by Ethos Institute | Aug 16, 2015 | Pulse
August 2015 Pulse The American sociologist Peter Berger is perhaps one of the most interesting scholars of secularism and religion. In his book The Sacred Canopy published in 1967, Berger presented the famous secularisation thesis which postulates that as modernity...
by Ethos Institute | Aug 3, 2015 | Feature
August 2015 Feature Article There was a season in world history when excessive confidence and trust was conferred on science, technology, and the place of the mind. At the same time, suspicion and cynicism was directed at spirituality, subjectivity, and the place of...
by Ethos Institute | Aug 3, 2015 | Pulse
August 2015 Pulse In the summer of 1956, a group of scientists gathered at the campus of Dartmouth University for a two-month workshop that would launch the modern artificial intelligence (AI) programme. At the end of the workshop, MIT scientists Marvin Minsky, Claude...
by Ethos Institute | Jul 19, 2015 | Pulse
July 2015 Pulse In October 2014, Apple and Facebook made the headlines by announcing that they would pay the expenses of women employees who wished to freeze their eggs. This unprecedented move has revived debate on the ethical issues surrounding this particular use...
