Dr. Meghan Sullivan: 5 Keys to Navigating AI – Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency

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0:25
Summary: A Fun, Hopeful Philosophical Conversation
1:53
Meghan's Bio
2:46
Meghan's Journey into Philosophy
6:47
The Meaning of Life in an Unstable World
8:59
AI: Can We Avoid or Ignore It?
13:06
Understanding Human Dignity
17:36
Environmenta, Political and Military Impacts of AI
23:23
Introducing the DELTA Framework
24:33
D: Dignity
25:16
E: Embodiment
26:16
L: Love
28:19
T: Transcendence
30:58
A: Agency
36:03
E: AI and Transhumanism
40:00
L: AI is a Mirror, Love is Gazing at Another Person
44:25
T: The Slow Work of Learning, Instead of Optimization
48:51
Aside: The Value of Learning from Caregiving
50:42
A: Avoiding the Atrophy of Brain and Will
54:07
Confession Time: Strange and Unwise Uses of Chatbots
56:24
Reasons for Hope: Being Part of a Bigger Conversation
59:57
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Regent College Podcast
Dr. Meghan Sullivan: 5 Keys to Navigating AI – Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency
Feb 27, 2026 Season 7 Episode 12

Join us for a lively conversation as we meet the 2026 Laing Lecturer, Dr. Meghan Sullivan, who explores how Christian faith provides a profound framework for navigating AI's ethical challenges. Though a serious topic with deep philosophical underpinnings, Meghan offers practical insights and ideas about the human implications of the DELTA framework (Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency). In her work at Notre Dame, these are the key pillars underpinning an ethical approach to AI that ensures we don't lose sight of what makes us human and gives us hope for the future of our humanity and relationships.

We delve into how AI challenges our notions of dignity and embodiment, and why love must remain the central organizing principle of our lives. Megan also addresses the environmental and political implications of AI, advocating for responsible stewardship and ethical boundaries. Her insights offer a practical guide for individuals and communities to engage with AI thoughtfully and faithfully.

If you want to hear more, join us March 23-24 at Regent College for the 2026 Laing Lectures!


Meghan's Bio

Dr. Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where she directs the university-wide Ethics Initiative and co-founded the popular “God and the Good Life” course. Meghan holds degrees from the University of Virginia, the University of Oxford, and Rutgers University. Her research explores time, value, and the role of love and meaning in human life. She’s the author of Time Biases and co-author of The Good Life Method, and she leads major projects on ethics, social transformation, and how philosophy can guide us toward flourishing lives. She will join us at Regent for the 2026 Laing Lectures, March 23-24, in the Regent Chapel, where she will present on “Faith-Based Ethics for a World of Powerful AI.”


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