What it is about
You engage with ethical questions surrounding scholarly work: historical biographies, research under dictatorships, scientific misconduct as well as ethics in computer science and the life sciences. In the end you can analyze, evaluate and present ethically the aspects of research goals, research conduct and possible applications.
What you will be able to do
- Analyze ethical aspects of scientific action
- Evaluate ethics with regard to research goals
- Evaluate ethics with regard to research conduct
- Assess ethical consequences of research applications
- Present results in writing and orally
What the module consists of
- SeminarIndependent preparation of topics, presentation and discussion in plenary
Teaching method
- LiteraturstudiumDevelopment of the topic basis and preparation of the papers
- Präsentationen/VorträgePresentation of the work results before the group and stimulus for discussion
- SeminararbeitIn-depth written engagement with a topic