Pope Leo XVI's First Encyclical: Christian Humanism, AI, and the Human Family

Pope Leo XVI's First Encyclical: Christian Humanism, AI, and the Human Family

Alessandro Rovati [https://alessandrorovati.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips] (Associate Editor of the Journal of Moral Theology [https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/]) interviews Peter Casarella [https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/peter-casarella] (Professor of Theology and Executive Director of Fons Vitae at Duke Divinity School) and Catherine Moon [https://www.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/acs/faculty/biodetail.html?mail=catherine.moon@villanova.edu&xsl=bio_long] (Arthur J. Ennis Post-doctoral Teaching Scholar at Villanova University and co-leader of the AI, Education, & Integral Human Development Research Group for the Dicastery for Culture and Education) on Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas [https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html].

From Coercion to Fascination: Moving Beyond Grades

Alessandro Rovati [https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/faculty-member/dr-alessandro-rovati/] (Associate Editor of the Journal of Moral Theology [https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/]) and Jason Heron (S. Wilma Lyle Endowed Chair of Theology at Mount Marty University [https://www.mountmarty.edu/about-us/directory/arts-and-humanities/dr.-jason-heron/]) talk with Susan D. Blum (Professor of Anthropology and Fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame [https://anthropology.nd.edu/people/susan-blum/]) about their article "From Coercion to Fascination: Grades, Vulnerability, and Responsibility. [https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/155056-from-coercion-to-fascination-grades-vulnerability-and-responsibility]"

What Does the Catholic Church Teach About the Just War?

Alessandro Rovati [https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/faculty-member/dr-alessandro-rovati/] (Associate Editor of the Journal of Moral Theology [https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/]) interviews Matthew A. Shadle [https://windowlight.substack.com/], a Catholic theologian and author, about his work on the Catholic just war tradition and its relevance for the contemporary national conversation on the Iran conflict.

Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of AI

Alessandro Rovati [https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/faculty-member/dr-alessandro-rovati/] (Associate Editor of the Journal of Moral Theology [https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/]) interviews Paul Scherz [https://theology.nd.edu/people/paul-scherz/] (Our Lady of Guadalupe College Professor at the University of Notre Dame) and Brian Patrick Green [https://www.scu.edu/ethics/about-the-center/people/brian-green/] (Director of Technology Ethics at Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University) on their edited volume Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence [https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/154545-reclaiming-human-agency-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence].

Kate Jackson-Meyer, Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics (Conversations in Moral Theology)

A conversation with Kate Jackson-Meyer on her book Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics The interview is sponsored by New Wine New Wineskins, an association for early-career Catholic moral theologians, and by the Catholic Moral Theology Blog. Alessandro Rovati is the host.  Check out the work of New Wine New Wineskins: https://www.newwinenewwineskins.com/  Check out the Catholic Moral Theology Blog: https://catholicmoraltheology.com/author/newwineskins/  Purchase the book: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Tragic-Dilemmas-in-Christian-Ethics Follow Alessandro Rovati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drrovati Edited by Alessandro Rovati