Brian Patrick Green
Biographic Data
| ID | 5773080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Patrick Green |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Green |
| SIGNATURE | GREEN B P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Santa Clara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7125-3086 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Emerging Technologies as Provocations for Theology and Ethics
Emerging technologies are provocations for theology and ethics, forcing theologians and ethicists to think more deeply about questions we might have thought were already answered. By delivering to humankind new powers and capabilities that none have previously had, new technologies raise for us questions of who we are, our place in the world, and what we should be doing. These technologies also raise for us questions about God, and why our univer…
Reclaiming Human Agency in the Catholic Tradition
Two years ago, the AI Research Group of the Vatican’s Centre for Digital Culture published Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations.1 That book explored what
Excuses, excuses
Artificial intelligence developers, machine learning engineers, and data scientists occupy a contradictory role in the modern marketplace. While they are central to the business and science of AI, they are marginalized as moral agents. Consequently, the marketplace has cultivated environments in which developers can be unthinking in their own roles and responsibilities, while at the same time tasking them with creating “thinking machines.” The ce…
AGI and slavery
Encountering Artificial Intelligence in the Catholic Tradition
The expansion of AI in the last two decades looks almost quaint compared to the explosion of public-facing generative AI in the last two years. Seemingly overnight the entire world of technology ha
Why Space is No Problem for Religion … But Time is
Space exploration might seem like it would pose a threat to human religion, both religion-in-general and various religions-in-particular. However, this paper argues that it is not predominantly discoveries in space that might cause problems for religions, but rather the ongoing passage of time which will do so. By examining six scenarios, various salient concerns will be investigated, but it is really only the danger of overtly, actively hostile …
What Theology and Science (and Ethics and Technology) Can Learn from Indigenous Scholars
DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIES: RESEARCH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLESBy Linda Tuhiwai Smith, 3rd Edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2022 Pp. 344. Paper, $25.60. DECOLONIZING RESEARCH: INDIGENOUS STORYWORK AS METHODOLOGYEdited by Jo–Ann Archibald Q'um Q'um Xiiem, Jenny Bol Jun Lee–Morgan, Jason De Santolo. London: Bloomsbury, 2022 Pp. 288. Paper, $26.95. The technology industry is having a “moment.” At a recent workshop for ethics officers from various major comp…
Green Responds to Ham on Christianity and Transhumanism
In her 2016 article “Spirituality in Christian Transhumanism: Commentary on Cole-Turner, Green, and Cannon,” Sandra A. Ham misunderstood my 2015 article “Transhumanism and Catholicism: Imagined and Real Tensions.” Here I respond to her criticisms and encourage more people to pursue matters concerning ethics, theology, and technology
Self-preservation should be humankind’s first ethical priority and therefore rapid space settlement is necessary
The Great Colonization Debate
Ethical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology presents a multitude of ethical concerns, many of which are being actively considered by organizations ranging from small groups in civil society to large corporations and governments. However, it also presents ethical concerns which are not being actively considered. This paper presents a broad overview of twelve topics in ethics in AI, including function, transparency, evil use, good use, bias, unemployme…
Habitus in the Roman Catholic Tradition
This essay provides an introduction to the relation of habitus as a concept to Catholic ethical thinking and the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas in particular, and it argues in the first half that habitus plays a central role in Thomas's thought and Catholic ethics in general. The second half of the article then addresses three contemporary challenges: the challenge that our sense of teleology is a mistaken biological byproduct, the challenge denyin…
Aquatic refuges for surviving a global catastrophe
Recently many methods for reducing the risk of human extinction have been suggested, including building refuges underground and in space. Here we will discuss the perspective of using military nuclear submarines or their derivatives to ensure the survival of a small portion of humanity who will be able to rebuild human civilization after a large catastrophe. We will show that it is a very cost-effective way to build refuges, and viable solutions …
Self-preservation should be humankind’s first ethical priority and therefore rapid space settlement is necessary
Aquatic refuges for surviving a global catastrophe
Recently many methods for reducing the risk of human extinction have been suggested, including building refuges underground and in space. Here we will discuss the perspective of using military nuclear submarines or their derivatives to ensure the survival of a small portion of humanity who will be able to rebuild human civilization after a large catastrophe. We will show that it is a very cost-effective way to build refuges, and viable solutions …
The Great Colonization Debate
Habitus in the Roman Catholic Tradition
This essay provides an introduction to the relation of habitus as a concept to Catholic ethical thinking and the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas in particular, and it argues in the first half that habitus plays a central role in Thomas's thought and Catholic ethics in general. The second half of the article then addresses three contemporary challenges: the challenge that our sense of teleology is a mistaken biological byproduct, the challenge denyin…
Aquatic refuges for surviving a global catastrophe
Recently many methods for reducing the risk of human extinction have been suggested, including building refuges underground and in space. Here we will discuss the perspective of using military nuclear submarines or their derivatives to ensure the survival of a small portion of humanity who will be able to rebuild human civilization after a large catastrophe. We will show that it is a very cost-effective way to build refuges, and viable solutions …
Ethical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology presents a multitude of ethical concerns, many of which are being actively considered by organizations ranging from small groups in civil society to large corporations and governments. However, it also presents ethical concerns which are not being actively considered. This paper presents a broad overview of twelve topics in ethics in AI, including function, transparency, evil use, good use, bias, unemployme…
Self-preservation should be humankind’s first ethical priority and therefore rapid space settlement is necessary
The Great Colonization Debate
Green Responds to Ham on Christianity and Transhumanism
In her 2016 article “Spirituality in Christian Transhumanism: Commentary on Cole-Turner, Green, and Cannon,” Sandra A. Ham misunderstood my 2015 article “Transhumanism and Catholicism: Imagined and Real Tensions.” Here I respond to her criticisms and encourage more people to pursue matters concerning ethics, theology, and technology
What Theology and Science (and Ethics and Technology) Can Learn from Indigenous Scholars
DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIES: RESEARCH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLESBy Linda Tuhiwai Smith, 3rd Edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2022 Pp. 344. Paper, $25.60. DECOLONIZING RESEARCH: INDIGENOUS STORYWORK AS METHODOLOGYEdited by Jo–Ann Archibald Q'um Q'um Xiiem, Jenny Bol Jun Lee–Morgan, Jason De Santolo. London: Bloomsbury, 2022 Pp. 288. Paper, $26.95. The technology industry is having a “moment.” At a recent workshop for ethics officers from various major comp…
Encountering Artificial Intelligence in the Catholic Tradition
The expansion of AI in the last two decades looks almost quaint compared to the explosion of public-facing generative AI in the last two years. Seemingly overnight the entire world of technology ha
Why Space is No Problem for Religion … But Time is
Space exploration might seem like it would pose a threat to human religion, both religion-in-general and various religions-in-particular. However, this paper argues that it is not predominantly discoveries in space that might cause problems for religions, but rather the ongoing passage of time which will do so. By examining six scenarios, various salient concerns will be investigated, but it is really only the danger of overtly, actively hostile …
Excuses, excuses
Artificial intelligence developers, machine learning engineers, and data scientists occupy a contradictory role in the modern marketplace. While they are central to the business and science of AI, they are marginalized as moral agents. Consequently, the marketplace has cultivated environments in which developers can be unthinking in their own roles and responsibilities, while at the same time tasking them with creating “thinking machines.” The ce…
AGI and slavery
Emerging Technologies as Provocations for Theology and Ethics
Emerging technologies are provocations for theology and ethics, forcing theologians and ethicists to think more deeply about questions we might have thought were already answered. By delivering to humankind new powers and capabilities that none have previously had, new technologies raise for us questions of who we are, our place in the world, and what we should be doing. These technologies also raise for us questions about God, and why our univer…
Reclaiming Human Agency in the Catholic Tradition
Two years ago, the AI Research Group of the Vatican’s Centre for Digital Culture published Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations.1 That book explored what
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