| Name in Polish : | Etyka nowych technologii |
| Name in English : | Ethics of new and emerging technologies |
| Main field of study (if applicable): | Environmental Engineering |
| Specialization (if applicable) : | Environmental Quality Management |
| Level : | II |
| Form: | full-time |
| Kind of subject : | obligatory |
| Subject code : | FLH071121W |
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Lecture |
Classes |
Laboratory |
Project |
Seminar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of hours of organized classes in University (ZZU) |
15 | ||||
Number of hours of total student workload (CNPS) |
60 | ||||
Form of crediting |
Crediting with grade | ||||
| Group of courses | |||||
Number of ECTS points |
2 | ||||
including number of ECTS points for practical(P) classes |
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including number of ECTS points for direct teacher–student contact (BK) classes |
0.5 | NAN | NAN | NAN | NAN |
| PREREQUISITES RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER COMPETENCES | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Basic knowledge from the field of humanities and social sciences |
| SUBJECT OBJECTIVES | |
|---|---|
| C1 | Obtaining knowledge on ethical and societal implications of new and emerging technologies |
| C2 | Learning how to use ethical argumentation and justify ethical opinions |
| C3 | Introducing students to norms and standards of professional ethics |
| C4 | Expounding non-technical aspects of engineering activity and elucidating the problem of social responsibility of science and technology |
SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS | |
|---|---|
| relating to knowledge: | |
| PEK W01 | The student obtains knowledge on ethical aspects of development and employment of new technologies in society. |
| PEK W02 | The student obtains knowledge essential to understanding and interpreting social and philosophical aspects of engineering activity |
| relating to skills: | |
| relating to social competences: | |
| PEK K01 | The student is aware of the importance of non-technical aspects of engineering of a chosen specialty and understands the consequences of engineering activity in terms of its environmental and social impact as well as their responsibility for making decisions |
PROGRAMME CONTENT |
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Form of classes - lecture |
Number of hours |
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| Wy1 | Introduction: morality, ethics, law | 2 |
| Wy2 | The structure of a moral dilemma; main ethical theories | 2 |
| Wy3 | Engineering ethics; models of technology assessment | 2 |
| Wy4 | Ethics of information technologies. Case studies | 2 |
| Wy5 | Neuroethics: brain-machine interaction technologies. Case studies | 2 |
| Wy6 | Autonomous robots (roboethics); nanoethics. Case studies | 2 |
| Wy7 | Selected codes of engineering ethics. Case studies analyses | 2 |
| Wy8 | Responsibility for future generations | 1 | Suma godzin | 15 |
| TEACHING TOOLS USED | |
|---|---|
| N1 | Multimedial presentation |
| N2 | Informative lecture |
| N3 | Interactive lecture |
| Evaluation (F - forming during semester), P - concluding (at semester end) | Educational effect number | Way of evaluating educational effect achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | PEK_W01, PEK_W02, PEK_K01 | Written essay prepared on the basis of the lecture and selected literature or a test written in class |
| Primary literature: | |
|---|---|
| Primary literature: | Arystoteles, Etyka nikomachejska, przeł. D. Gromska, PWN, Warszawa 1956. |
| Primary literature: | Bińczyk E., Technonauka w społeczeństwie ryzyka, Wyd. Naukowe UMK, Toruń 2012. |
| Primary literature: | Chyrowicz B., O sytuacjach bez wyjścia w etyce, Wyd. Znak, Kraków 2008. |
| Primary literature: | Kant I., Uzasadnienie metafizyki moralności, przeł. M. Wartenberg, Kęty 2009 |
| Primary literature: | Małek M., Mazurek E., Serafin K. (red.), Etyka i technika. Wrocław 2014. |
| Primary literature: | Mill J.S., O wolności, tłum. A.Kurlandzka, Warszawa 2005. |
| Primary literature: | Mill J.S., Utylitaryzm, tłum. M.Ossowska, Warszawa 2005. |
| Primary literature: | Woleński J., Hartman J., Wiedza o etyce, Warszawa 2008 |
| Secondary literature: | |
| Secondary literature: | Bińczyk E., Stępień T., Modeling Technoscience and Nanotechnology Assessment, Peter Lang Edition, Frankfurt-Wien 2014. |
| Secondary literature: | Breazeal, C., Scassellati, B., Robot in Society: Friend or Appliance?, “Proc. Agents” (1999): 18-26. |
| Secondary literature: | Budinger T., Budinger M., Ethics of Emerging Technologies, Hoboken NJ 2006. |
| Secondary literature: | Dautenhahn K., et al., What is a Robot Companion – Friend, Assistant or Butler, “IROS” (2005) |
| Secondary literature: | Jaśtal J. (red.) Etyka i charakter, Kraków 2004 |
| Secondary literature: | Ossowska M., Socjologia moralności. Zarys zagadnień, PWN, Warszawa 2005. |
| Secondary literature: | Schermer M., The Mind and the Machine. On the Conceptual and Moral Implications of Brain-Machine Interaction, “Nanoethics” (2009) 3: 217-230 |
| Secondary literature: | Singer P. (red.) Przewodnik po etyce, Warszawa 2000. |
| Secondary literature: | [9] Swierstra T., Rip A., Nano-Ethics as NEST-ethics: Patterns of Moral Argumentation About New and Emerging Science and Technologies, “Nanoethics” (2007) 1: 3-20. |
| Secondary literature: | Takayama, L. et al., Beyond Dirty, Dangerous and Dull: What Everyday People Think Robots Should Do, “HRI’08” (2008). |
| Secondary literature: | Thrun S., Toward a Framework of Human-Robot Interaction, “HCI 19” (2004): 9-24. |
| Secondary literature: | Witt K. (i in.), Deep Brain Stimulation and the Search for Identity, “Neuroethics” (2011) |
| Name and surname: | Monika Małek-Orłowska |
| E-mail: | monika.malek@pwr.edu.pl |
| Nr | Subject educational effect | Correlation between subject educational effect and educational effects defined for main field of study and specialization (if applicable)** | Subject objectives*** | Programme content*** | Teaching tool number*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PEK_W01 | K2IS_W03, K2IS_W09 | C1, C2, C3 | Lec1 - Lec8 | N1, N2, N3 |
| 2 | PEK_W02 | K2IS_W03, K2IS_W09 | C1, C2, C3 | Lec1 - Lec8 | N1, N2, N3 |
| 3 | PEK_K01 | K2IS_K02 | C1, C2, C3 | Lec1 - Lec8 | N1, N2, N3 |