Dr. Daniel Strand, Assistant Professor of Ethics at USAF Air War College and contributing editor at Providence Magazine, joins me to talk about AI, ethics, and warfare. We discuss just war tradition, autonomous weapons, and what these things mean for us today.

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Meet Dr. Strand:

Dr. Strand’s research interests include the political and moral theology of Augustine of Hippo and the Augustinian tradition, ethics and foreign policy, the just war tradition, bioethics, and moral theory. He is the author of the forthcoming Gods of the Nations (Cambridge University Press), a historical study of Augustine’s political theology in The City of God. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota, MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and PhD in religion and ethics from the University of Chicago.

Connect with Dr. Strand:

Twitter: @DDFStrand

Resources:

• “Army of None” by Paul Scharre
• Providence Magazine
• “Just American Wars: Ethical Dilemmas in U.S. Military History” by Eric Patterson
• “America and the Just War Tradition: A History of U.S. Conflicts” by J. Gerald Charles