Vance welcomes 'update' to just war theory in Magnifica Humanitas - The Tablet
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JD Vance is endorsing a papal encyclical that rewrites centuries-old Just War Theory for the AI age — and the political implications are explosive.
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Theory Briefing
- Pope Francis's new encyclical calls for 'disarming' artificial intelligence, prompting Vance to publicly welcome an update to Just War Theory.
- Just War Theory, dating back to Augustine and Aquinas, is being stress-tested by autonomous weapons and AI — the encyclical attempts a modern rewrite.
- Vance's rare alignment with papal doctrine signals how AI's moral stakes are reshaping unlikely political and religious coalitions.