Engineering ethics

lepl1801  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

Engineering ethics
3.00 credits
22.5 h + 15.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Content
1 - Introduction: Norms in technologies
2 – Concept: risk et expertise
3 – Ethical theory: consequentialism
4 – Concept: professional codes
5 – Ethical theory: deontology
6 – Concept: rights and freedom
7 – Ethical theory: virtue ethics
8 – Concept: biases and freedoms
9 – Ethical theory: care ethics
10 – Application: Numerical governance
11 – Application: Drones and robots
12 – Application: Transition and sustainability
Teaching methods
If possible, teaching and practical work will be provided in person. If not in a comodal way or fully online.
Evaluation methods
First session: Written exam (85%), continuous evaluation (15%).
Second and third session: written exam (100%)
Online resources
Class Moodle website.
Bibliography
Bibliographie sommaire
Chamayou, Grégoire. Théorie du drone, La fabrique: Paris, 2013. 363 p.
Dumouchel, Paul ; Damiano, Luisa. Vivre avec les robots : essai sur l'empathie artificielle, Seuil: Paris, 2016. 224 p.
Friis, Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen ; Pedersen, Stig Andur ; Hendricks, Vincent F. A companion to the philosophy of technology, Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester,, 2009. xv, 571 p.
Hansson, Sven Ove, éd. 2017. The Ethics of Tecnology, Rowan & Littlefield: London.
Jasanoff, Sheila. The ethics of invention : technology and the human future, W. W. Norton: New York (N.Y.), 2016. x, 306 p.
Johnson, D.G. 2020. Engineering Ethics, Yale University Press.
Kroes, Peter, et Peter-Paul Verbeek, éd. 2014. The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts. Vol. 17. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-7914-3.
Martin, M.W. et R. Schinzinger. 2005. Ethics in Engineering, fourth edition, McGraw-Hill.
Mitcham, Carl ; Ferre, Frederick. Ethics and technology, JAI Press: Greenwich, 1989. XVIII, 306 p.
Murphy, Colleen, Paolo Gardoni, Hassan Bashir, Charles E. Harris Jr., et Eyad Masad, éd. 2015. Engineering ethics for a globalized world. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Poel, Ibo, et David Goldberg, éd. 2010. Philosophy and Engineering: Vol. 2. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-90-481-2804-4
Poel, Ibo van de, et Lambèr M. M. Royakkers. 2011. Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction. Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. Une bonne introduction au sujet, si vous deviez ne lire qu'un livre, ce serait celui-là.
Verkerk, Maarten Johannes ; Hoogland, Jan ; van der Stoep, Jan ; Nelson, Mark. Philosophy of technology : an introduction for technology and business students, Routledge/Taylor & Francis: London, 2016. xvii, 336 p.
Vermaas, Pieter E., éd. 2009. Philosophy and design: from engineering to architecture. Dordrecht: Springer.
Waelbers, Katinka. 2011. Doing Good with Technologies: Vol. 4. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-1640-7.
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Engineering