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The Ethics and Politics of Existential Global Risks

POL62500Specialisations6 ECTSEnglishWintersemester/SommersemesterDepartment Governance
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What it is about

You engage with normative questions on dealing with existential global risks, in particular technical and climatic risks. In the end you will be able to analyze responsible action under uncertainty and critically evaluate ethical as well as political responses to climate risks and technologies such as climate engineering.

What you will be able to do

  • Analysis of normative questions on risk and fundamental uncertainty
  • Evaluation of responsibility and duties of knowledge of technical experts
  • Application of political theory to technical and climate-related problems
  • Development of an independent research plan and the elaboration of a scientific paper

What the module consists of

  • SeminarDiscussion-based sessions; handling of complex political and ethical topics
  • Independent research projectWriting an advanced research paper (18–20 pages)

Teaching method

  • Seminar instructionfor interactive discussion and deepening of the texts
  • Independent researchfor developing the final paper and deepening individual questions
  • Response papersfor preparation and structuring of the seminar discussions

Dates

Seminar(POL62500) The Ethics and Politics of Existential Global Risks

  • Thu09:45–13:00H.206, Seminarraum (2910.02.206)
    14× · 15.10.–04.02.
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    • 04.02.

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