FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT CARD

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
   

 

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

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
1Basic knowledge from the field of humanities and social sciences
 
SUBJECT OBJECTIVES
C1Obtaining knowledge on ethical and societal implications of new and emerging technologies
C2Learning how to use ethical argumentation and justify ethical opinions
C3Introducing students to norms and standards of professional ethics
C4Expounding non-technical aspects of engineering activity and elucidating the problem of social responsibility of science and technology
 

SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS

relating to knowledge:
PEK W01The student obtains knowledge on ethical aspects of development and employment of new technologies in society.
PEK W02The 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

Form of classes - lecture

Number of hours
Wy1Introduction: morality, ethics, law2
Wy2The structure of a moral dilemma; main ethical theories2
Wy3Engineering ethics; models of technology assessment2
Wy4Ethics of information technologies. Case studies2
Wy5Neuroethics: brain-machine interaction technologies. Case studies2
Wy6Autonomous robots (roboethics); nanoethics. Case studies2
Wy7Selected codes of engineering ethics. Case studies analyses2
Wy8Responsibility for future generations1
Suma godzin 15
 
TEACHING TOOLS USED
N1 Multimedial presentation
N2 Informative lecture
N3 Interactive lecture
 

EVALUATION OF SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS ACHIEVEMENT

  Evaluation (F - forming during semester), P - concluding (at semester end) Educational effect number Way of evaluating educational effect achievement
1 PPEK_W01, PEK_W02, PEK_K01Written essay prepared on the basis of the lecture and selected literature or a test written in class
 
 

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LITERATURE

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)
 

Subject supervisor

Name and surname: Monika Małek-Orłowska
E-mail: monika.malek@pwr.edu.pl
 

Matrix of correlation between educational effects

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***
1PEK_W01K2IS_W03, K2IS_W04, K2IS_W09C1, C2, C3Lec1 - Lec8N1, N2, N3
2PEK_W02K2IS_W03, K2IS_W04, K2IS_W09C1, C2, C3Lec1 - Lec8N1, N2, N3
3PEK_K01K2IS_K02C1, C2, C3Lec1 - Lec8N1, N2, N3