ERIC Number: EJ1316203
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 11
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How to Teach Engineering Ethics? A Retrospective and Prospective Sketch of TU Delft's Approach to Engineering Ethics Education
van Grunsven, Janna; Marin, Lavinia; Stone, Taylor; Roeser, Sabine; Doorn, Neelke
Advances in Engineering Education, Fall 2021
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.
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Ethics, Moral Values, Design, Social Responsibility, Professionalism, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking, Competency Based Education, Teaching Methods, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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