What rules would you give a thinking robot?
A little post in last weeks' science news said that the South Korean government was thinking about the 'golden rules' of robot-human inter-relations. They are...
The story of chicks and chunks: a tough ethical dilemma
When I saw that Paul's post was about chicks and tuna, I had an overwhelming urge to Google "naked women + fish" ... hmmm[KP] There was...
Utilitarian policy in action: QUALYs
In situations of scarce tax resources and unlimited wants of its population, governments throughout the world have to decide whose wants are more worthy than...
Why do we have a growth fetish and what is needed to break it?
To rule is to look ahead, it has been said. Let us therefore cast our eyes at the virtually universal wish of nations and their...