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Ethik für Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure

MW8004Electives3 ECTSGerman/EnglishWintersemester/SommersemesterLehrstuhl für Akustik mobiler Systeme (Prof. Marburg)
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What it is about

You engage with central questions of practical philosophy and ethics: freedom, human dignity, duty, virtue, justice, the good life, responsibility of the individual and technology, as well as other topics. In the end you will be able to analyze historical and conceptual foundations of ethics, develop your own philosophical positions, and assess ethical questions in technical and professional contexts.

What you will be able to do

  • Understand the historical foundations of ethics
  • Analyze metaphysical approaches
  • Develop your own philosophical position
  • Evaluate ethical problems in the technology context
  • Develop concrete solutions to problems
  • Include socially-ethical and science-technical tensions

What the module consists of

  • VorlesungDelivery of the teaching content on the mentioned topics; preparation for the philosophical discussion
  • Philosophisches GesprächDiscussion of lecture topics; fostering reflection, spontaneity and creativity

Teaching method

  • Vortrag/PowerPointIntroduction and structuring of the topics
  • Filmeinspielungen/HörbücherDeepening and illustration of ethical questions
  • Philosophisches GesprächApplication and reflection of what has been learned through discussion
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