I read recently in The Atlantic Monthly that artificial intelligence firms are hiring and paying big salaries to philosophers to help them think through the issues facing the developers of AI. They can send me a check, […]
I continue to be puzzled by the language in the documents emerging from ecclesiastical bureaucrats. Who are these people talking to? Not “people of goodwill” around the world, nor the basic layman in the pew. […]
Christ’s glorified body tells us that the promise of eternal life which Jesus’s death and resurrection has opened up for us results not in obliteration […]
It has been ranked “as among the most significant developments in moral theology in the past fifty years.” This was how the late Fr. Richard McCormick described Catholic University of America’s decision in 1988 to […]
My students report an alarming fact. They live in an environment, they say, in which there is casual sex, but no casual dating. Why would that be? One reason there might be so little casual […]
We recently had another round of “Not a King” demonstrations. As many have noted, we still do not have a king. So, good for us. One might have wished these crowds had been out in […]
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Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of […]
When we have political disputes in the country, one way of trying to help clarify matters would be to remind the interlocutors of the relevant moral principles that should govern their disagreement. Murdering innocent people […]
“Texas Bishop Taking on Greg Abbott Gets Pope Francis’ Protection” is the curious title of an April 30th article in Newsweek. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso needs “protection” from Greg Abbott? Are there Texas […]
I am loath to criticize the bishops, or even a bishop, for several reasons. First, it’s too easy, and it is too likely to make the writer popular in a bad way. Second, bishops are […]
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