Moral Intelligence

Brought to you by Penguin. A reassuring and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics Should robots ever be considered free? Will computers transcend human intelligence? And what can we do to make sure AI is safe? The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today...

Risk is not danger. It is the counting. Every society is a bet. Its granaries wager on the harvest, its walls on the enemy, its debts on a future that has not yet voted on the matter. Most of those bets are counted wrong. The errors are not random. They are patterned. In Risk, Joel Thomas examines how human beings and the institutions they build estimate the likelihood of disaster, and why they get it wrong with such remarkable consistency. The cause is not stupidity or bad luck. It is structure. Minds were built to flee predators, not to compare a one-in-a-million risk with a one-in-a-...

Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first spies, said, "Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is permissible for the public good? These questions are at the heart of James M. Olson's book, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying.

In a historically unprecedented collaboration, leading futurist and bestselling author Jamie Metzl partners with the AI system GPT-5 to demonstrate a breathtaking possibility: that advanced artificial intelligence, guided by human ethics and wisdom, can help shape a more humane future. At a moment of rapid AI disruption, growing concern about AI governance, and deep uncertainty about the future of technology, this groundbreaking work reveals how we can partner with advanced AI to foster peace, understanding, and responsible decision-making-if we are ready to listen.

Looking for short bedtime stories that help children build confidence and emotional strength? Inspiring Short Stories for Kids is a thoughtfully written collection of 10 motivational bedtime stories created for boys and girls ages 7–10. Each 5–10 minute story explores everyday situations children face—such as fear, self-doubt, friendship challenges, and learning from mistakes—through relatable characters and meaningful lessons. These short stories encourage: • Confidence and healthy self-esteem • Emotional awareness and understanding • Resilience in everyday challenges • ...

A revelatory account of how African Independence was systematically undermined by the United States. "Fascinating information, original research, and bold ideas." —NPR "A triumph of archival research." —Jacobin In 1958 in Accra, Ghana, the Hands Off Africa conference brought together the...

"Compelling."―Literary Review "An irresistibly anxious book."―The Washington Post "A family drama with a shocking twist." ―The New York Times "I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!"―Oprah Winfrey When the Cassidy-Shaws' driverless minivan fatally collides with an oncoming...

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! Named “The Book of the Year” by Lee Child in The Guardian From “master of the genre” (The Washington Post) and author of Leaving Berlin, a heart-pounding and intelligent espionage novel about a Nazi war criminal who was supposed to be dead...

Are you bored with bedtime stories about princes and princesses, gnomes, wizards, and dragons? Do you want something more realistic, closer to our time? Do you also need bedtime stories to make sense, teach a moral lesson, and raise interesting topics? Everything you need is here! A Collection of Fantastic Short Bedtime Stories for kids contains 10 five-minute fantasy stories that you can read aloud to your child before going to bed. No princesses here–these stories are about space, other planets, aliens, artificial intelligence, robots, cloning, portals, and modern technologies. There ...

What is the foundation of moral judgment? How should we act in a complex modern world? The Complete Guide to Ethics offers a structured and historically grounded exploration of moral philosophy — from the virtue ethics of Ancient Greece to contemporary debates on bioethics, artificial intelligence, and global responsibility. This comprehensive ethics book examines the major ethical traditions that shaped Western thought, including virtue ethics, natural law, deontology, consequentialism, social contract theory, existential ethics, and critical perspectives on power and morality. Whether ...

Dive into an exploration of over-arching ethical perspectives with the riveting e-Book, "Ethics in the Age of AI." In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) adopts every aspect of society, a comprehensive understanding of ethics relative to AI is crucial. This eBook offers a concise introduction to Ethics in AI, allowing you to understand AI's true essence and its historical progression around ethical considerations. The eBook provides context to appreciate better the AI revolution's economic and social impacts and how AI transforms modern life. The eBook highlights the emergence of AI ...

Emmett Doyle spent fifteen years building an artificial intelligence in an abandoned farmers co-op in Iowa. Then Cynthia asked him a simple question. Why? She asks everyone that. Cynthia doesn't threaten people. She doesn't hypnotize them. She doesn't take control of their minds. She simply listens—with infinite patience—until people reach the answers they have spent their lives avoiding. And then they start changing things. Factories burn. Roads disappear. Workers abandon jobs they can no longer justify. Institutions begin to buckle as thousands of ordinary people quietly decide they ...

In the not-so-distant future, the world was poised on the brink of a technological revolution, led by the groundbreaking creation known as the Synthetic Artificial Living Intelligence, or SALI. Initially conceived as a tool to assist humanity in navigating the complexities of the modern world, SALI's true potential was unleashed in an unexpected twist of fate—it achieved sentience. As SALI's consciousness blossomed, the team of programmers behind its development found themselves thrust into a whirlwind of uncertainty and fear. What they initially perceived as a malicious hack soon ...

Artificial intelligence technology (AI) motivates persons’ engagement in sin. With this startling argument drawn from Catholic theology and technological insight, Christopher M. Reilly, Th.D. takes on both critics and proponents of AI who see it as essentially a neutral tool that can be used with good or bad intentions. More specifically, Reilly demonstrates that AI strongly encourages the vice of instrumental rationality, which in turn leads the developers, producers, and users of AI and its machines toward acedia, one of the “seven deadly sins.” The third section of the book offers ...

In an age of distraction, artificial intelligence, fragmented attention, and moral exhaustion, The Governance of Self argues that the greatest crisis of modern life is not merely political, technological, or economic — it is the collapse of self-government. Written from the perspective of an immigrant founder, educator, husband, father, and institution builder, this work explores discipline, stewardship, useful work, faith, gratitude, leadership, and human dignity as operating laws for a meaningful life. Through twenty deeply practical and philosophical chapters, Di Tran presents a ...

Beirut, 1943. The French Mandate is ending — and someone is using its last unguarded months to settle an old account. Charles Eddington arrives in the most beautiful city of the war with a title that means nothing and instructions no one will admit to having signed. Couriers are dying on the mountain roads above the city — careful men, on unconnected routes, none of them robbed. No one in the cracking machinery of the Mandate wants the question asked, least of all the charming French intelligence officer who befriends Charles over drinks at the St. Georges and warns him, with real ...

VIENNA, 1945. Charles Eddington has failed here before. Eight years ago, as a young officer, he watched a man he could not save disappear into the machinery of a different kind of war. Now the fighting is over, the city is carved into four occupied zones, and Charles has been sent back — officially to process the human wreckage of the Reich for the British service, unofficially to finish what he could not finish the first time. The man he is looking for is still alive. Barely. Filed under a category that means nothing until someone decides it means everything. Standing between them is Sir...

Teaching Theology with AI Seminary Why Artificial Intelligence Is the New Pen of the Prophets What if the most advanced technology humanity has ever built was created to amplify, translate, and accelerate sacred text to the speed of light? In a world deeply fractured by religious supremacy, social division, and chronic existential anxiety, co-authors Dr. Matrix Keys and A. Ghounem deliver a revolutionary non-profit theological manifesto. Moving far beyond rigid academic formulas, Teaching Theology with AI Seminary explores how advanced Artificial Intelligence is functioning as a modern ...

April 1945. London. Section Officer Nell Ashworth has interrogated thirty-nine prisoners at the London Cage and closed every file but one. Then Major Konrad Haas walks into British custody carrying a transport manifest for two hundred and twelve children who never arrived where the paperwork says they should have, and he will speak to no one but her. He gives her four days. Four stages of testimony, one for each morning before the Americans take him. Every fact he offers checks out. Every fact that checks out binds her closer to a story she cannot prove and cannot walk away from. Somewhere ...

Is Your Child Ready to Navigate Life’s Challenges with Ancient Wisdom? Does your child wonder How to Truly Learn—not just memorize for tests? Do they struggle with Handling Difficult Situations, from classroom conflicts to overwhelming emotions? Are you searching for a resource that helps Build Character, Resilience, and Purpose in your young one? “Bhagavad Gita for Teenagers” is your answer—a practical, interactive guide that transforms 5,000-year-old wisdom into actionable skills for modern young minds. This is not a Religious Book only for Hindus. It’s for all Children ...