Course title
技術者倫理   [Engineering Ethics]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine  Year 2  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 01sg3004
Instructor(s)
吉田 健彦, 大倉 茂   [YOSHIDA Takehiko, OHKURA Shigeru]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
【概要】Outline
We cannot live daily life in the modern society without technology. Therefore, in this society, engineering ethics is not a manual which only engineers should learn, nor a just one part of an ethics. Engineering ethics involves basic problems which every people confront in their everyday life. The purpose of this course is to study about the basic problems of technology and ethics (ex. the ethics of the future generation, or risk society, etc.), and to study how to solve the peculiar problems (like pollution problems, environmental destructions, whistle-blowing, handling the big data and biotechnology, etc.) which engineer are faced. We study these topics through the specific cases.
This course is designed as one of the courses for the Scientific General Education courses of the Global Liberal Arts Studies.
Expected Learning
1. To understand the basic framework of ethics(especially academic ethics), apply it and determine the various specific case which engineers are faced.
2. To understand the various problems which engineering were faced, and explain how they responded in terms of ethics.
3. To have knowledge on science and technology about how to various technologies which support our everyday life save our safety.
Course schedule
Lecture 1
Guidance/engineering ethics (1); What is ethics
Lecture 2
Engineering ethics (2); Who is the engineer
Lecture 3
Engineering ethics (3); Risk
Lecture 4
Engineering ethics (4); Whistle‐blowing
Lecture 5
Engineering ethics (5); Accountability
Lecture 6
Information society and engineering ethics (1); Bio-power and big data
Lecture 7
Information society and engineering ethics (2); Cyborg technology
Lecture 8
Information society and engineering ethics (3); Bioethics
Lecture 9
Agriculture and engineering ethics (1); Inheritable genetic modification and its use
Lecture 10
Agriculture and engineering ethics (2); Industrialization of agriculture
Lecture 11
Modern society and engineer (1); The ethics of the future generation and engineer
Lecture 12
Modern society and engineer (2); 3.11 and engineer
Lecture 13
Modern society and engineer (3); MINAMATA disease and engineer
Lecture 14
Modern society and engineer (4); Research ethics
Lecture 15
Summary of whole lecture, Clues to become a better engineer
Prerequisites
This course carries 2 credits.
In addition to 15 lectures, please continue to prepare and review this lecture spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class, while paying attention to the daily news related to science and technology.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Distribute handouts accordingly
References
Nothing
Assessment/Grading
Grades are given based 60 % on the two written assignments, and 40 % on contribution during the classes.
Message from instructor(s)
Ethics and technology are not just academic learning. It is a lively essential element to support our daily life. Therefore, to study about these things is extremely important for our life. I hope we study together joyfully through concreate examples of engineering ethics.
Course keywords
Technology, Ethics, Pollution, Environmental problem, Life, Agriculture, Information technology, Social responsibility
Office hours
You can ask questions at any time by email.
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/7/2022 11:46:21 AM