The emergence of Big Data is an example of how technological innovation generates both enormous potential benefits and grave risks. In response, we have to engage in ethical thinking that is just as innovative. More
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Trump can no longer be dismissed as an aberration, a political side-show, a moral monster or a mere misogynist. By virtue of his electoral victory he is now the expression of the people, an instantiation of the national identity. We have invited Luke Bretherton, Danielle Celermajer, Romand Coles, Lia Haro, Barbara Keys, John Milbank, Adrian Pabst, Chad Pecknold, Jedediah Purdy, John Thatamanil and others to reflect on what the election of Donald Trump might mean for the moral vocation of democratic citizenship and the future of democratic politics. More
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