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Paul Scherz

ND–IBM Tech Ethics Lab Program Chair, Our Lady of Guadalupe Professor of Theology

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Paul Scherz's work examines theology, science, medicine, and technology. His interests in ethics center on the role of virtue ethics, especially Stoic virtue ethics, in moral theology. He has published articles on many topics in bioethics, such as human enhancement, genetic technology, and end of life ethics. His books analyze issues like the moral formation of scientists, the role of risk in contemporary practical reason, the ethics of precision medicine, and the ethics of artificial intelligence. He began his career in science with a BA in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley (2001), a PhD in genetics from Harvard (2005), and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF. He then received an MTS and a PhD in moral theology from Notre Dame (2010, 2014). He is currently working on projects on the ethics of artificial intelligence and the historical influence of Stoicism on moral theology.