Ethics & Religion
A secular evaluation of AI: Anna Goldsworthy’s essay
In early June, in this magazine, I expressed exasperated astonishment with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
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When is it morally wrong to not disclose use of AI?
Imagine you have used a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool such as ChatGPT to tidy up notes you took while ...
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Pope Leo’s Hail Mary on AI
If you are not a Christian – think of, say, Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian (1927) – ...
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How Defence chaplains unwittingly made the case for more secular wellbeing support
Following an article in the Journal of Religion and Health, several chaplains published a further article in the 2023 edition ...
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A closer look at the ‘Twelve Commandments’
One of the many untruths propounded by the Judea-Christian religious tradition is the concocted story that, one day on Mount ...
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Why do we think hard work is virtuous?
Not long ago, a relative of mine told me he had been working so hard in the yard that he’d ...
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A humanist’s compass on matters of race and integration
I was brought up as an Anglican, and many of my values stem from that upbringing. It was, at least ...
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Christian extremism: An American ideological contagion in the Australian context
Up until 26 August 2025, white Christian nationalism may have remained an abstract concept – something that happens in America, ...
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What is the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ and how is it linked to political extremism?
Vance Boelter, who allegedly shot Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband, Mark Hortman, on June 14, ...
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Cult survivors on a mission for meaningful change
Of all the difficult issues parliamentary inquiries have sought to gain insight into, the Victorian Parliament’s examination of recruitment methods ...
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What Victoria’s inquiry into cults will examine
The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It ...
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Faith in the firing line: Evidence shows military service turns people off religion
Many religionists – especially those who have a mission of evangelising in the Defence Forces – will often throw around ...
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