How to Teach Engineering Ethics? A Retrospective and Prospective Sketch of TU Delft's Approach to Engineering Ethics Education

Autor/inn/en	van Grunsven, Janna; Marin, Lavinia; Stone, Taylor; Roeser, Sabine; Doorn, Neelke
Titel	How to Teach Engineering Ethics? A Retrospective and Prospective Sketch of TU Delft's Approach to Engineering Ethics Education
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, (2021), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Ethics; Moral Values; Design; Social Responsibility; Professionalism; Decision Making; Evaluative Thinking; Competency Based Education; Teaching Methods; Bachelors Degrees; Masters Degrees; Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Soziale Verantwortung; Professionalität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	This paper provides a retrospective and prospective overview of TU Delft's approach to engineering ethics education. For over twenty years, the Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Section at TU Delft has been at the forefront of engineering ethics education, offering education to a wide range of engineering and design students. The approach developed at TU Delft is deeply informed by the research of the Section, which is centred around Responsible Research and Innovation, Design for Values, and Risk Ethics. These theoretical approaches are premised on the notion that technologies are inherently value-laden, and as such contain the possibility of fostering or hindering moral values. Each of these approaches encourages students to take a proactive attitude with respect to their projects and profession, thinking creatively about -- and taking responsibility for -- how to both prevent harm and do good via the technologies they help develop. To explain how this is put into practice, this paper sketches a brief history of ethics teaching at TU Delft, outlines current activities, and presents future plans for Bachelor and Master's level engineering ethics education at TU Delft. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01