Ethics, Technology, And The Future: An Inter Generational Approach To Engineering Education
- Conference
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Montreal, Canada
- Publication Date
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June 16, 2002
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June 16, 2002
- End Date
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June 19, 2002
- ISSN
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2153-5965
- Conference Session
- Page Count
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11
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7.529.1 - 7.529.11
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--10121
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https://peer.asee.org/10121
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548
Abstract
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Session Number: 1122
Ethics, Technology and the Future:
An Inter-Generational Experience in Engineering Education
Rosalyn W. Berne
Technology, Culture and Communication
University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Abstract
Which pedagogical approaches to engineering ethics can adequately and richly introduce to young engineers the perplex issues associated with the development of new, futuristic technologies? Nanotechnology, cryonics, cloning, quantum computing, cyber - intelligence and genetic engineering each hold the potential of radically altering the fundamental nature of human life. Therefore, their consideration is warranted in an engineering ethics curriculum. An extraordinary teaching experience with undergraduate students at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), suggests that intergenerational dialogue is one pedagogy that can enliven and enhance the undergraduate engineer’s ability to engage moral deliberation about technology and the future. This paper recounts one such intergenerational experience, highlighting excerpts from dialogues which occurred, and from student essays which reflect upon them, as documentation of the exceptional effectiveness of this profound teaching technique.
Engineering Ethics and The Technological Future Nanotechnology, cryonics, cloning, quantum computing, cyber-intelligence and genetic engineering are examples of newly developing technologies that hold the potential to
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Berne, R. (2002, June), Ethics, Technology, And The Future: An Inter Generational Approach To Engineering Education Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10121
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