| Semester | spring semester 2013 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Laura Cabrera (laura.cabrera@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Bernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch) |
| Content | New technologies extend human powers and enlarge social options, but they generally also give rise to ethical issues, from unwanted social and environmental consequences to misuse of these technologies. While most of the ethical issues raised by technological change are not new, some new technologies do raise ethical issues in novel ways, and make them much more urgent than they were in the past. The general themes will be developed and discussed during the lectures, and supplemented with course readings, and classroom activities. This course is designed to provide students with a framework for thinking critically about the social and ethical issues associated with technological change. The course will involve and require active discussion as the course does not seek to provide answers to ethical questions; rather it hopes to foster the recognition of ethical and moral problems surrounding new technologies as well as to encourage students to think productively about them. Topics include ethical issues raised by nanotechnology in medicine, neurotechnology, robotics, personalized medicine and genetics, synthetic biology and human enhancement. |
| Comments | From 27. 2. till 10.4 weekly lecture from 10-12 h; from 17.4. till 8.5. tutors are present to help; 15.5. and 22.5. presentation of the seminar essays. |
| Admission requirements | Target students MA and PhD students at the University of Basel, as well as Biomedical Ethics Students at the University of Basel and Zurich. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Aufbaumodul (Teil D) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Lehrveranstaltungen Promotionsfach Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik (PhD subject: Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Anwesenheit bei den Einführungen und Präsentation einer Seminararbeit erforderlich |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Medicine |
| Offered by | Institut für Bio- und Medizinethik |