Engelska Studiehandboken kurser

Business Adm and Social Science

IES005 Ethics in Engineering 6.0 ECTS credits

DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA

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TIMEPERIOD: I and III

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
M-B Westerlund Univ adj

PREREQUISITES
None

COURSE AIM
- To give a basic understanding of ethical concepts. - To give an understanding of the historical debate surrounding ethical questions. - To shed light upon ethical questions through the use of new technic. - To stimulate debate about engineering ethics.

CONTENTS
- Basic ethical concepts. - Ideohistorical summary. - Technic-ethics.

TEACHING

EXAMINATION
Written exams, oral and written reports, seminars and grupp assignments. Grading system: Swedish grades 3,4,5.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Required assignment                                         	3.0ECTS
                                                            	3.0ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Koskinen, Lennart (1993): Vad är rätt? Handbok i etik. Prisma 91-518-25889. Nordin, Ingemar ( 1992): Etik, Teknik och Samhälle. 275 sid, Timbro ISBN 91-7566-240-X. Artiklar tillkommer. Referenslitteratur: HermerŽn, G. (1990): Det goda företaget. ISBN 91-7152-4800 Kemp, P. (1991): Det oersättliga. En teknologietik. Stockholm: Symposion AB Lentz, J. & Wadsjö, L . (1987): Inte vår sak? Om etik och moral i ingenjörskonsten. Lund: Bokbox. Martin, M. & Schinzinger, R.: Etics in engineering. ISBN 0-07-040719-3. Other literature: I samband med rapporter skall följande bok nyttjas: Ejvegård, R. (1993): Vetenskaplig metod. Stockholm: Studentlitteratur.

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