AI and Ethics
From Athens and Jerusalem (in Education) by Knut Ove Æsøy, Steven Phelps, Kamran Namdar
November 16, 2025 · 1h 8m · Episode 31
About this episode
This episode explores the role of AI as a moral helper and its potential to make better moral choices than humans.
In this episode we explore the possibility of using AI as a moral helper or even agent. Our guest on the episode is Varqa Abyaneh. The fundamental question is whether AI can make better moral choices than humans and not least whether they can practice these choices in a better way than humans can. This applies both to individuals and to what is morally best for the community. We present many important questions that touch on the connection between ethical rationality and the limits of ethical rationality and where metaphysics or faith come into play.
People in this episode
Hosts: Knut Ove Æsøy, Steven Phelps, Kamran Namdar
Guest: Varqa Abyaneh
Topics covered
- AI
- ethics
- moral choices
- community
- ethical rationality
- metaphysics
- faith
Keywords
- AI
- ethics
- moral choices
- ethical rationality
- community
- metaphysics
- faith
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