Acts of God, the morality of safety – interview with Sidney Dekker
The latest episode of Safety At Work Talks is a return to the sequence of interviews with Professor Sidney Dekker. In April 2017, Dekker published a book called The End of Heaven which discusses suffering. This book has a very different tone from his previous books and is intriguing.
The breadth of the discussion was also surprising with concepts and references rarely talked about in relation to occupational health and safety, such as morality, Acts of God, train disasters and the Bible. If this sounds heavy, it is useful to follow the discussion that leads to this statement from Dekker:
The popularity of Australian podcasting about workplace safety is increasing with a personable Sydney occupational health and safety (OHS) lawyer launching one this month. SafetyAtWorkBlog is also joining that growth with the Safety At Work Talks podcast this week. SafetyAtWorkBlog originally podcasted a decade ago through iTunes. I participated in…
Sidney Dekker is a leading, and influential, voice in thinking about safety. His latest book, "The End of Heaven - Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age" is intriguing. In a couple of weeks SafetyAtWorkBlog will have an exclusive interview with Dekker about this book and other related issues but…
SafetyAtWorkBlog's new podcast series "Safety At Work Talks" is now available through iTunes at http://apple.co/2kY23bR The first episode is a conversation with Professor Sidney Dekker.
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How strange to claim no expertise in theology in the preface of the book then theologise throughout the book. Similarly with ethics and biblical hemeneutics.
The latest episode of Safety At Work Talks is a return to the sequence of interviews with Professor Sidney Dekker. In April 2017, Dekker published a book called The End of Heaven which discusses suffering. This book has a very different tone from his previous books and is intriguing.
How strange to claim no expertise in theology in the preface of the book then theologise throughout the book. Similarly with ethics and biblical hemeneutics.