Technology Ethics by Matthew J Gaudet
Journal of Moral Theology
Journal of Moral Theology
Journal of Moral Theology, 2022
Journal of Moral Theology, Mar 2022
and the Pontifical Council for Culture began a conversation on artificial intelligence technology... more and the Pontifical Council for Culture began a conversation on artificial intelligence technology and its relevance for the Catholic Church and the world. The Vatican conference on "The Common Good in the Digital Age" in September of that year served as a focal point for some of these efforts, bringing together representatives from the Church, academia, the technology industry, and other organizations. 2 In his address to the conference, Pope Francis exhorted those present to work to ensure that technology was used for the common good. 3 1 While creating a paper like this might seem as easy as a conversation, it actually involved quite a bit of work, and for that, much gratitude is due to the participants: to them we say thank you.
Commonweal , 2021
The $550 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed this summer by the U.S. Senate is ... more The $550 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed this summer by the U.S. Senate is a welcome investment in our roads, waterways, ports, airports, power grid, and other elements of our crumbling infrastructure. But a $550 billion shot in the arm isn’t enough. The restoration of American infrastructure also requires sustainable investment in and a recommitment to something that doesn’t generate much excitement: maintenance of the systems already in place.
AI and Faith Blog, 2021
In four important ways, the field of AI ethics today is not altogether different from the state m... more In four important ways, the field of AI ethics today is not altogether different from the state medical ethics was in before it came into its full-fledged form in the 1970s. In this article, I speculate that the nascent field of AI ethics might have a thing or two to learn from its older sibling, bioethics, and that field’s successes in establishing ethical reflection into the culture and practices of the medical profession.
AI-LA Annual Symposium
Remarks on Virtue and Narrative Ethics for an invited session on the ethics of AI in a post-COVID... more Remarks on Virtue and Narrative Ethics for an invited session on the ethics of AI in a post-COVID world at AI_LA.
War and Peace by Matthew J Gaudet
How does a lesser-known ethical concept become normative for broader society? In the late 20 th c... more How does a lesser-known ethical concept become normative for broader society? In the late 20 th century, the just war tradition transcended the bounds of theological academy to become [part of] the lingua franca of the entire field of the ethics of warfare. This paper examines this transition of ethical ideas from academic conceptualization to socio-political normativity and practical usage. Using just war, I argue that this transition typically follows a three step norm lifecycle: (1) norm emergence and persuasion by norm entrepreneurs; (2) norm cascade following a -tipping point‖ of norm acceptance; and (3) internalization by society at large.
Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics, 2011
Presentation to Pacific Section Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics
Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
National Catholic Reporter
University Ethics by Matthew J Gaudet
Society of Christian Ethics, 2020
In response to justice concerns and to the growing use of contingent faculty, the Board of the So... more In response to justice concerns and to the growing use of contingent faculty, the Board of the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) appointed a Task Force on Contingency (TFC) in April, 2018 to assess the relevant data on contingent faculty appointments with the aim of advising the SCE about the circumstances and needs of its members.2 In particular, the SCE hoped to assess the likely impact of the growing number of contingent appointments on the future viability of the SCE; to make recommendations as to how the SCE might adapt; to understand how these new patterns of faculty employment were being implemented by various types of institutions; to consider whether graduate programs in our field might be contributing to a glut of contingent faculty; and to make a determination whether these patterns were just and how the SCE might raise its ethical voice to guide its members’ institutions. This report is a response to some but not all of these aims.
The TFC soon discovered that while there has been increasing media attention to the contingency trend in academia in recent years, there was remarkably little data available on the state of employment conditions in academia today. Furthermore, the TFC realized that it could understand the sub-discipline of religious ethics only against the backdrop of the larger, overlapping disciplines of theology and religious studies. Thus, it secured the collaboration of ten other related professional societies and conducted a survey on many dimensions of employment and professional life.
Journal of Moral Theology, 2020
This paper’s task is to provide a summary of this nascent field at its current state of developme... more This paper’s task is to provide a summary of this nascent field at its current state of development. First, I trace Keenan’s work to germinate university ethics as a new field worthy of study. Second, I examine several precursors to university ethics and how these precursors continue to provide fertile soil for the field from which this new field may continue to grow. Next, I survey the current state of the field, identifying where the field has already begun to bloom and bear fruit. Finally, I look to the future of the field, identifying issues that are either already plaguing the university or on the near term horizon, which will both demand and benefit from a university ethics approach.
Journal of Moral Theology, 2020
Special issue of the Journal of Moral Theology dedicated to the burgeoning field of university et... more Special issue of the Journal of Moral Theology dedicated to the burgeoning field of university ethics. UE is distinct from academic ethics in that it understands the moral questions and issues that happen in all corners of the university (academic, sports, admissions, labor, etc.) as related and part of the culture of the institution.
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Technology Ethics by Matthew J Gaudet
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University Ethics by Matthew J Gaudet
The TFC soon discovered that while there has been increasing media attention to the contingency trend in academia in recent years, there was remarkably little data available on the state of employment conditions in academia today. Furthermore, the TFC realized that it could understand the sub-discipline of religious ethics only against the backdrop of the larger, overlapping disciplines of theology and religious studies. Thus, it secured the collaboration of ten other related professional societies and conducted a survey on many dimensions of employment and professional life.
The TFC soon discovered that while there has been increasing media attention to the contingency trend in academia in recent years, there was remarkably little data available on the state of employment conditions in academia today. Furthermore, the TFC realized that it could understand the sub-discipline of religious ethics only against the backdrop of the larger, overlapping disciplines of theology and religious studies. Thus, it secured the collaboration of ten other related professional societies and conducted a survey on many dimensions of employment and professional life.
Originally presented during a poster session at the 2020 Annual Meeting for the Society for Christian Ethics.
It offers an outline for one way of thinking about fundamental moral methods (deontology, untilitarianism, and virtue) by examing the cases in which the act of lying can or cannot be morally justified.
The lead authors for this volume were Matthew J. Gaudet, Noreen Herzfeld, Paul Scherz, and Jordan Wales; and the contributing authors were Nathan Colaner, Jeremiah Coogan, Mariele Courtois, Brian Cutter, David E. DeCosse, Justin Charles Gable, OP, Brian Patrick Green, James Kintz, Cory Andrew Labrecque, Catherine Moon, Anselm Ramelow, OP, John P. Slattery, Margarita Vega, Luis G. Vera, Andrea Vicini, SJ, and Warren von Eschenbach.
The AI Research Group is a group of North American theologians, philosophers, and ethicists who have come together at the invitation of the Vatican Centre for Digital Culture, under the auspices of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See, to discuss the current and future issues that the continued development of artificial intelligence poses for life and society as we know it. This book is the result of the collaborative efforts of these scholars from 2020 to 2023.