John P. Slattery

John Slattery is the director of the Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law at Duquesne University.

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AI, Policy, & Faith

How should faith leaders and policymakers respond to the rise of AI? A bishop and a White House official sit down for a dialogue on algorithms and human dignity.

April 12, 2023

Article

Privileges of Personhood

We rush to consider the personhood of AI, but we neglect to extend the rights it should confer to the marginalized among us.

By John P. Slattery

July 8, 2022

Technology

Ethics

Article

In Search of a Prophetic Voice for Tech Ethics

The Church has so far failed to provide nuanced guidance on technological ethics. But it’s not too late to become a prophetic voice on the subject.

March 10, 2022

Article

Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent

The perils and promise of AI aren’t merely abstract. They’re also material.

By John P. Slattery

February 17, 2022

Technology

Article

Evolution & Racism

The evolving scientific consensus against racial hierarchies strengthens church teachings about equality and human dignity.

February 4, 2020

Article

Teilhard & Eugenics

More research is needed to define Teilhard’s moral vision, especially as we consider the needs of the oppressed, outcast, and differently abled.

By John P. Slattery

March 12, 2019

Theology

Bioethics

Must Reads

Politics

Engaging Confederate Nostalgia

For those of us who have a visceral objection to Confederate Memorial Day, how should we engage a worldview that embraces the mythology of the Lost Cause?

By Richard Brown

May 10, 2023

Religion

St. Philip Neri’s Eucharistic Joy

Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

By John Rodden

May 26, 2023

Culture

Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

Books

Changing Our Minds About Time

In her latest book, Jenny Odell challenges the very idea of time management.

By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

Collections

Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022