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  1. The philosopher trying to teach ethics to AI developers

    April 17, 2026

    Through Notre Dame's Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, Meghan Sullivan is meeting with AI leaders and developers to apply an ethical framework for AI — basically give AI a moral compass.

  2. Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders.

    April 11, 2026

    SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company valued at $380 billion, can take its pick of Silicon Valley talent thanks to the success of its chatbot, Claude. But last month, the start-up sought help from a group rarely consulted in tech circles: Christian religious leaders.

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    “A year ago, I would not have told you that Anthropic is a company that cares about religious ethics,” said Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame who participated in the gatherings. “That’s changed.”

  3. In Trust podcast: Episode 104: Faith and formation in the AI age

    April 07, 2026

    As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes daily life, theological leaders face deeper questions than efficiency or innovation alone. In this episode, Dr. Meghan Sullivan of the University of Notre Dame explores how AI is already transforming human experience and why this moment demands ethical and theological engagement. Drawing on new work funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., Sullivan introduces the DELTA framework to help leaders think clearly about human flourishing in an AI-driven world and encourages Christian leaders to move toward thoughtful, hope-filled engagement.

  4. The Bulletin podcast: Episode 254

    February 20, 2026

    Last week, the CEO of AI company Anthropic spoke with The New York Times’ Ross Douthat about his predictions for the future of artificial intelligence. Notre Dame’s Meghan Sullivan joins us to discuss how we should ethically think about these ideas.

  5. The Church of Molt

    February 08, 2026

    Meghan Sullivan, a philosopher at Notre Dame, explained in Comment magazine how chatbots are disrupting what it means to learn: “Those of us who work at universities see it already: the speed, the scope, the social and cognitive disorientation. This shift will be thrilling and jarring. It will be complete before we even have the chance to contextualize it.”

  6. AI, Ethics, and the Common Good, with Adam Kronk

    February 02, 2026

    The University of Notre Dame received a $50 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to work toward developing a faith-based approach to AI ethics. That grant landed in the university’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, which is spearheading this work.

  7. Notre Dame’s $50M grant aims to bring faith-based ethics to AI future in big way

    January 14, 2026

    The University of Notre Dame recently received from the Lilly Endowment a $50.8 million grant — the largest given by a private foundation in the school’s history — to support the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics launched in September 2025.

  8. What is the University For?

    December 11, 2025

    We have developed the DELTA framework, which centres on five key values for human formation in the age of AI: Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency. This framework directs our conversations about how to adopt technology and how to help the transitional generation develop good habits.

  9. Notre Dame hosts summit exploring role of faith, humanity in age of AI

    September 26, 2025

    In the summit's keynote speech on Tuesday, Sept. 23, Meghan Sullivan, Wilsey Family College professor of philosophy and director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative, said DELTA is a faith-based framework for approaching AI.  Sullivan said AI is revolutionizing how people view ethics — in a way similar to how the atomic bomb presented hard ethical questions during World War II. But unlike the atomic age, she said, Christians haven't been involved in conversations about digitalization and the advent of AI.

  10. Notre Dame's A.I. Summit focuses on ethical use of developing technology in the workforce

    September 24, 2025

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Tech leaders from around the country have been spending the week at Notre Dame.

    Their talks centered around the future of A.I. and specifically the ethical use of this technology in all areas of life.

    The university's Institute for Ethics and the Common Good is asking tough philosophical questions around how we use A.I. as a partner in industry without diminishing the value of human labor.

    For the sake of developing workplace policy, Notre Dame hosts leaders like Google and YouTube to engage a new ethical framework called DELTA.

  11. University launches ethical framework for AI use at summit: The DELTA framework for AI use was announced at the Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing Tuesday

    September 24, 2025

    University leaders, business executives, academics, journalists and other prominent individuals have gathered on campus this week for the Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing, hosted by the University’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative.

    The summit plans to discuss the role ethics can play in society’s adaptation to the rise of generative AI, with a particular emphasis on Catholic virtue. From Monday through Thursday, attendees will reexamine the role of Catholic voices in navigating the ways generative AI is transforming human life through a series of lectures and discussion sessions.

  12. Notre Dame summit aims to bring Christian values to AI revolution

    September 24, 2025

    As artificial intelligence evolves at lightning speed, the University of Notre Dame has convened a summit to bring Catholic and Christian values to bear on AI technology. The university's Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and its Ethics Initiative teamed up to host the Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing on the Notre Dame campus from Sept. 22 to 25.

  13. Notre Dame summit aims to bring Christian values to AI revolution

    September 24, 2025

    The university’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and its Ethics Initiative teamed up to host the Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing on the Notre Dame campus from Sept. 22 to 25. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., opened the summit with a Sept. 22 Mass at which he was the principal celebrant and homilist, with university president Father Robert Dowd, a Holy Cross priest, concelebrating.

    During her Sept. 23 keynote address, Meghan Sullivan — professor of philosophy and director of both the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative — said that “discernment is required … more than ever” with the acceleration of AI in an era of “technological triumphalism.”

  14. Notre Dame hosts summit on AI, faith, and human flourishing, launches DELTA framework

    September 22, 2025

    Notre Dame University is bringing together ethicists, technologists, faith leaders, and policymakers this week to explore the ethical and spiritual implications of artificial intelligence at the Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing. The event runs Monday, Sept. 22, through Thursday, Sept. 25, on the University’s campus.

    The summit, hosted by the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative, includes workshops, panels, and discussions with leaders from Google, Microsoft, Apple, and other organizations.

    A centerpiece of the summit is the launch of DELTA, a new framework for guiding conversations about AI. DELTA, which stands for Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency, is designed to help people across sectors, from schools to workplaces, navigate the ethical and human implications of AI.

  15. Notre Dame hosting summit on AI, keynote speech livestreamed to public on Sept. 23

    September 19, 2025

    The University of Notre Dame is hosting a summit exploring the impact artificial intelligence could have on everything from education to human relationships, with a keynote speech livestream open to the public on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

    Presented by the Insitute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Initiative, the Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing runs Sept. 22-25 and "will draw together a dynamic, ecumenical group of educators, faith leaders, technologists, journalists, policymakers and young people who believe in the enduring relevance of Christian ethical thought in a world of powerful AI," according to the event's webpage.

  16. To Fix Our Immigration System, Promote the "Right to Stay"

    July 23, 2025

    Author Antônio Lemos was a 2024-25 Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellow with ECG.

    As Pope Leo XIV begins his pontificate, many people expect him to continue Pope Francis’ focus on migrants’ rights, a cause he has already promoted in several public statements. In fact, even his choice of name—Leo—appears to signal a deeper commitment to this issue. His namesake, Pope Leo XIII, was the first pope to promote part of migrants’ rights that is often over-looked: the right not to migrate.

  17. BigThink: The Three Laws of Love and How to Follow Them

    June 01, 2025

    Aristotle thought that a friend you love is considered your ‘second-self’, someone whose pain feels like your own. Philosopher Meghan Sullivan asks What happens when you extend that kind of love to strangers?

  18. Trump’s economists should study what happened in Japan and South Korea

    May 29, 2025

    Yong Suk Lee, ECG Program Chair for Technology Ethics, points out in his op-ed in The Hill that the Trump administration’s economic strategy—achieving trade surpluses and deploying tariffs and non-tariff barriers to protect domestic industries and promote growth—is reminiscent of the strategies that Japan and South Korea pursued during their periods of rapid economic growth in the mid-20th century. 

  19. Templeton Ideas Podcast: Running the Good Race with Meghan Sullivan

    February 13, 2025

    Tom Burnett interviews Meghan Sullivan for the Templeton Ideas podcast,  produced by the John Templeton Foundation, and covers the enduring relevance of philosophy in our daily lives, cultivating the good life, and the importance of prioritizing virtues—including humility, courage, and love.

  20. Gut-wrenching love: What a fresh look at the ‘Good Samaritan’ story says for ethics today

    February 10, 2025

    ECG Director Meghan Sullivan discusses splagchnizomai—"gut-wrenching love"—and our sometimes astonishing capacity to feel connected to others.