Ethics - seminar

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2022-2023

Thematik

The seminar provides an opportunity for the students to get involved in the discussions about the topics which are presented in the ethics lectures of the Biotechnology Masters Programme. Some additional topics will also be examined, including the ethics of scientific publication, and the rational basis of the research methodology in the field of biotechnology. The main aim of the seminar is to help students gain sensitivity to the ethical and social issues that are implied by biotechnological research and also by the application of biotechnology.

Vorlesungen

Praktika

Seminare

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The role of ethics in biotechnology
• 3. On how to apply ethical theories in decision making. 1.
• 4. On how to apply ethical theories in decision making. 2.
• 5. Critical thinking, scientific cognition, and the methodology of empirical research.
• 6. The ethics of scientific publication.
• 7. Case studies about issues raised by biotechnology. 1.
• 8. Case studies about issues raised by biotechnology. 2.
• 9. Short presentations given by the students.
• 10. Short presentations given by the students.
• 11. Mini conference on ethical and social implications of the possible future use of germ-cell genetic intervention in the human genome 1.
• 12. Mini conference on ethical and social implications of the possible future use of germ-cell genetic intervention in the human genome 2.
• 13. Summarizing discussion.
• 14. Written test

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

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Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Available on Neptun Meet Street.

Skript

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Empfohlene Literatur

Justin Burley and John Harris (eds.): A Companion to Genethics, Balckwell Publishers Ltd., Massachussets/Oxford, 2002
Gehring, Verna V., Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics and Public Policy, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004
Andrew Johnson, Alan Holland: Animal Biotechnology and Ethics, Springer, 1997.
Peter Singer: Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 1979, 48-72.
Hoeyer, K., Koch, L.: The Ethics of Functional Genetics: Same, Same, but Different?, Trends in Biotechnology, 24(9), 387-3789, 2006.
H. Verhoog: Naturalness and the Genetic Modification of Animals, Trends in Biotechnology, 21(7), 294-297, 2003.
F. S. Collins, E. D. Green, et al.: A Vision for the Future of Genomic Research, Nature, 422, 835-847, 2003

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Semesteranforderungen

Short presentation and written test. To improve the grade, the test can be repeated two times in the first two weeks of the exam period.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

According to the Code of Studies and Examinations.

Prüfungsfragen

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Prüfer

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor