After successful completion of the course, students are able to recognize ethical implications in decision-making processes in all areas of society, especially in relation to the technical sciences. You will learn and experience the ethical principles in which all cultures agree, that they can serve as orientation and as immutable standards.

The series of lectures, which is realized in cooperation with the initiative Weltethos Österreich, addresses the ethical aspects of ecology, climate change, transport, politics, economy and sustainable development.

Discussion of the connections using concrete, practical examples.

Vortragende im Wintersemester 2022/23:

04.10.2022 - Ardeshir MAHDAVI: „Publish or Perish“: Gedanken über den wissenschaftlichen Review-Prozess

11.10.2022 - Hermann KNOFLACHER: Warum eine Ethikvorlesung für TechnikerInnen?

18.10.2022 - Joshua GRIGSBY: Malcolm's Maxim: Science, Sustainability, and the Ethics of a Finite World

25.10.2022 - keine Einheit

08.11.2022 - Robert BRAUN: Responsible Innovation: technology responsive to societal needs and ethical concerns [EN]

22.11.2022 - Markus KNOFLACHER: Ethik im Handlungskontext

29.11.2022 - Helga KROMP-KOLB: Zur Ethik der Wissenschaft am Beispiel des Klimawandels

06.12.2022 - Elisabeth OBERZAUCHER: Ethische Technik braucht MenschenforscherInnen

13.12.2022 - Kollektiv RAUMSTATION: Institut für Wertschätzung - über Planung, Partizipation und Aktivismus

20.12.2022 - Peter WEISH: Zukunftsfähige Technik

10.01.2023 - Edith RIETHER: Weltethos und Technik

17.01.2023 - Barbara Blaha: Ethik und Verteilung

24.01.2023 - Wolfgang ZAGLER: Technik für Menschen

Written proof of achievement. Since compulsory attendance exists, at least 9 appointments must be attended in order to be able to take the written exam.