Ethics - seminar

Adatok

A Tantárgybejelentőben megadott hivatalos adatok az alábbi tanévre: 2022-2023

Tematika

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.

Előadások

Gyakorlatok

Szemináriumok

• 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

A tananyag elsajátításához szükséges segédanyagok

Kötelező irodalom

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Saját oktatási anyag

Available on Neptun Meet Street.

Jegyzet

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Ajánlott irodalom

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

A félév elfogadásának feltételei

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Félévközi ellenőrzések

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.

Távolmaradás pótlásának lehetőségei

According to the Code of Studies and Examinations.

Vizsgakérdések

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Vizsgáztatók

Gyakorlatok, szemináriumok oktatói

• Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor