About Will Computers Make Religion Obsolete?
| Authors | Novick, David; Zeidman, Ben |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021 |
| Place | Temple Mount Sinai in El Paso, TX, |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjcYoTxI5E |
Type: Video Recording
Tags: computers, design, Ethics, Humanity, morality, Religion, responsibility, Spirituality
Abstract
As technology improves, will our relationship with religion and spirituality be rendered useless? The presenter notes that computers can tell you the kinds of things you might do, but they’re not going to tell you which of those things you should do. In situations where answers depend on moral judgments, and especially where those moral judgments depend on what it means to be human, computers are going to fail you. And that’s where religion comes in, because religion gives guidance with respect to morality. The computer can give us all the information we need, but it’s not going to tell us which choice we should take under the circumstances. Computers can’t replace religion; only human beings can make decisions about humans. [A, CJ]