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Ethics of Medical Engineering [Import]- Lecturers
- Dr. Christoph Merdes, Dr. rer. nat. Dr. phil. Jens Kirchner
- Details
- Seminar
, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 2,5
geeignet als Schlüsselqualifikation, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Tue 16:15 - 17:45, EL 4.14; comments on time and place: 04.222 (ehemals 4.14), Cauerstr. 9
- Contents
- Content:
This course provides an introduction to the ethical reflection of engineering, with examples taken from the areas of medical technology, energy technology, biochemical engineering and others. It offers both an elementary introduction to normative ethics and a variety of specific problems, from the engineer's responsibility over the ethics of robotics to problems of justice and allocation in the larger context of the deployment of high-end medical technolocy under conditions of moderate scarcity. The course addresses
basics of utilitarianism, deontological ethics and virtue ethics
ethical challenges in the construction of semi-autonomous machines
the ethical role and efficacy of professional codes
just allocation of resources in society from the vantage point of medical technology
the responsibility of engineers and whistleblowing
dealing with test subjects and personal data
ethical assessment of unintended and unforeseen consquences of technological development
- Recommended literature
- Kraemer, F., Van Overveld, K., & Peterson, M. (2011). Is there an ethics of algorithms?. Ethics and Information Technology, 13(3), 251-260.
Kant, I. (1996[1785]). Groundworks for the metaphysics of morals. Kant's Practical Philosophy, Wood Allen & Gregor, Mary (ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 37-108.
- ECTS information:
- Credits: 2,5
- Additional information
- Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 2.9.2019, 8:00 and lasts till Sunday, 13.10.2019, 20:00 über: StudOn.
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2019/2020:
- Seminar Ethics of (Medical) Engineering (EthEng)
- Department: Chair of Electronics (Prof. Dr. Weigel)
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