Politics Matthew S.W. Silk | 15 Sep 2023 Does the Public Get a Say on Interest Rates? What influence should the political sphere have over the economic?
War Matthew S.W. Silk | 14 Aug 2023 Is It Better to Intervene in Niger or Not? How should we weigh the potential consequences of our decision?
What Titan Teaches About Technological Recklessness Move fast and break things? 19 Jul 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is Canadian Democracy Getting Weaker? What does legitimate democratic oversight demand? 12 Jun 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Should AI Development Be Stopped? What are the doomsayers really telling us? 17 May 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Are Safeguards Enough for Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Law? How much weight should respect for autonomy have? 1 May 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Ethical Dilemmas in Lunar Mining and Colonization How much longer can the Moon remain without a master? 23 Mar 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is Abandoning Objective Journalism a Moral Failure? Do we know what we're giving up? 1 Mar 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Can We Declare the Death of "Personal Truth"? Is it time to march on from the post-truth era? 25 Jan 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Man v. Machine: The Ethics of AI Art What does the future look like for creative pursuits when AI art can be crowned? 30 Nov 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
On Canada's Oath of Allegiance Why should citizens swear allegiance to the Crown? 9 Nov 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
High Theory and Ethical AI Applied or theoretical? What's the best approach when building a code of conduct from the ground up? 19 Oct 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
'Dahmer' and the Dramatization of Crime By what standard should we judge true crime beyond mere entertainment value? 17 Oct 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is It Wrong to Say the Pandemic Is Over? Was Biden wrong in declaring victory too soon? 26 Sep 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Toward an Ethical Theory of Consciousness for AI It's alive? How can we tell when AI comes to possess an inner life? 17 Aug 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Problem with Sentience What's the most important takeaway from this cautionary tale? 27 Jul 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Constitutional Deadlock Over Privacy: A Third Way? Is there a realistic solution to popular dissatisfaction with the Court? 8 Jul 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is “Personhood” a Normative or Descriptive Concept? How entities get categorized is invariably a loaded determination filled with additional ethical baggage. 28 Jun 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
The Ethics of AI Behavior Manipulation Given that algorithms manipulate user behavior and others can manipulate the algorithm, can we ever trust the algorithm as a force for good? 8 Jun 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Transparency and Trust in News Media "Trust in news is not just about getting the facts right, it's about how facts are being organized, packaged, and delivered." 17 May 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
AI and Pure Science Can we really continue to maintain the thin line that divides knowledge from application? 19 Apr 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Is It Time to Nationalize YouTube and Facebook? Might these harmful platforms offer public goods requiring a government-sponsored alternative? 5 Apr 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
