Course catalog

Course Catalog 1998/99

Business Adm and Social Science
IES005 Ethics in Engineering 6.0 ECTS credits
TIMEPERIOD: 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	3.00ECTS
	3.00ECTS
COURSE LITTERATURE Collste, G (1996): Inledning till etiken. Stockholm: Studentlitteratur. Nordin, Ingemar ( 1992): Etik, Teknik och Samhälle. 275 sid, Timbro ISBN 91-7566-240-X. Stevensson, L.: Sju teorier om människans natur. Oxford University Press. Articles will be included. Reference literature: Hermerén, 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.

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