Just war in the age of AI

Tobias Winright, Christian Nikolaus Braun, Wolfgang Koch, Maria Power, Ansgar Rieks
17 September 2026, The Tablet

Pope Leo signs Magnifica Humanitas

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Declaring just war theory “now outdated”, as Pope Leo XIV has done in Magnifica Humanitas, does not absolve us from questioning when “the right to self-defence in the strictest sense” (192) permits the use of armed force.

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