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This issue features an interview with Bishop Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, a conversation involving 11 scholars on the moral and theological implications of artifical intelligence, articles invoking the liberation theology, the theology of Ignacio Ellacuria, M. Shawn Copeland, and the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas to envision ethical development and use of artificial intelligence.

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This issue features an interview with Bishop Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, a conversation involving 11 scholars on the moral and theological implications of artifical intelligence, articles invoking the liberation theology, the theology of Ignacio Ellacuria, M. Shawn Copeland, and the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas to envision ethical development and use of artificial intelligence.

The images accompanying the articles featured in this issue were generated with the help of AI system DeepDreamGenerator.com, which identified and then applied patterns from classic artwork or natural elements to pictures of well-known monuments and statues.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents, Vol. 11, Special Issue 1. Artificial Intelligence
Matthew J. GaudetBrian Patrick Green
Table of Contents, Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 11, Special Issue no. 1, Spring 2022, "Artificial Intelligence"
Introduction
An Introduction to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Matthew J. Gaudet
A primer on the terminology and moral issues in the field of artificial intelligence and an introduction to the Journal of Moral Theology special issue on artificial intelligence.
Article
We Must Find a Stronger Theological Voice: A Copeland Dialectic to Address Racism, Bias, and Inequity in Technology
John P. Slattery
This essay offers a mystical-political theological dialectic in discussions of bias and injustice in technology ethics employing M. Shawn Copeland’s theological insight to bear redemption witness while pursuing just solutions.
Article
Can a Robot Be a Person? De-Facing Personhood and Finding It Again with Lévinas
Roberto Dell'Oro
The field of robotics offers the opportunity to revisit personhood. Following Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, the article envisions the person as “incarnate singularity, coming to itself, in relation to others.”
Article
Metaphysics, Meaning, and Morality: A Theological Reflection on AI
Jordan Joseph Wales
Theology of the natural world explains recent AI successes, while an account of interpretation as moral act shows use of AI either illuminates or shrouds the world behind narrow purposes.