Posts by Jason Thacker

WeeklyTech #120

Roundup of Top Articles of 2021

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/December 6, 2021

As we begin this Advent season, I always find it helpful to look back over the previous year and think about the various ways that the Lord has blessed me…

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 WeeklyTech #119

Always Known but Rarely Loved: A Christian Ethical Assessment of Facial Recognition Technology

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/November 30, 2021

In January 2020, Kashmir Hill of The New York Times broke a story about a little-known startup company, Clearview AI, that developed a controversial facial recognition application for policing and…

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 WeeklyTech #118

3 words that will shape digital culture for good and cultivate virtue in the public square

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/November 15, 2021

It happens like clockwork. Often within a few moments of breaking news or some other major event happening in our culture, we see one of the most damaging effects of…

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 WeeklyTech #117

Roger Scruton on art and morality

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/November 8, 2021

Over this past weekend, Saturday Night Live had a sketch on The Weekend Update with “Goober the Clown”, which was seemingly intended to confront a serious moral issue in our…

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 WeeklyTech #116

A new national strategy on gender and the public square

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/November 1, 2021

The Biden administration released the “first-ever national gender strategy” in our nation’s history Oct. 22. According to the administration, it is intended to bring about greater gender equity and equality…

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Jason Thacker Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Ethics

Jason serves as assistant professor of philosophy and ethics at Boyce College and a research fellow in Christian ethics at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is the author or editor of several books, including "Following Jesus in a Digital Age" and "The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society."