Global Dialogues

The Promethean passions binding modern humanity—the desire for unbridled power and mastery of the natural world—are colliding with political and environmental constraints. As we enter the artificial intelligence era, is there actually a greater wisdom in spurning the lofty visions of technological utopias and acknowledging the tragic frailty and precarity of earthly existence?

This conversation will be posted during the week of May 12, 2025. If you are a Georgetown faculty member or student and would like to submit a 250-400 word reflection, contact globaldialogues@georgetown.edu.

Our contemporary world is both highly integrated and deeply divided. Can we expand our moral imaginations beyond our communities and nations to the global level? What ethical and spiritual resources can we draw on to build human fraternity in a divided world?

This conversation will be posted during the week of April 28, 2025. If you are a Georgetown faculty member or student and would like to submit a 250-400 word reflection, contact globaldialogues@georgetown.edu.