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Course Catalog 01/02


Business Adm and Social Science

IES005 Ethics in Engineering 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
I, III

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Å Löfgren Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
None except general.

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

Written exam 3.00ECTS
required assignment 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
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
Koskinen, L(1993): Handbok i etik. Prisma.
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.
Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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