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Solidarity is the principle by which the state actively demands that we step out of our default habits—which so often have only a narrow scope of care—and keep in mind the welfare of all fellow citizens, including those we cannot see.
Solidarity and Subsidiarity as Principles for Public Health Ethics
Michael Wee
The discourse around ‘data mining’, ‘abundance of data’, and ‘data-rich continent’ shows the extent to which the individual behind each data point is disregarded. This muting of the individual—a person with fears, emotions, dreams, and hopes—is symptomatic of how little attention is given to each individual’s well-being and consent, which should be the primary concerns if the goal indeed is to ‘help’ those in need. Furthermore, this discourse of ‘mining’ people for data is reminiscent of the colonizer attitude that declares humans as raw material free for the taking.
Algorithmic Colonization of Africa
Abeba Birhane
Jesus, in short, overturned the concept of authority, and it was time for the Church to get back to the Gospel understanding. In Augustine’s formula, the power in the Church is *ministerium* rather than *potestas.*
The Power to Serve
Austen Ivereigh
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