Lecture series eTHIcs starts

Scientists at THI shed light on different areas of technology ethics. They ask moral questions regarding the use of technology.

There is no doubt that technical progress offers a range of opportunities: Technical achievements facilitate everyday life or production processes in a variety of ways. Technology ethics also looks at the other side of the coin and deals with moral problems in connection with the use of technologies.

It raises fundamental questions about our relationship to technical objects. May we delegate ethical tasks to machines? What normative principles should guide their design? How does interaction with technological objects influence our moral behavior? Can we change this influence by designing the human-machine interface in an ethical way? Certain technologies may raise more specific questions. What are the challenges of hybrid traffic of manual and automated cars? What is the impact of social media on the culture of our society?

The lecture series is open to the interested public - and is in English. It will be held Oct. 25, Nov. 08, Nov. 22, Dec. 06 and Dec. 20 from 1:15-4:45 p.m. each day in room D114. Registration is not necessary. Here is an overview of the program:

  • 25.10. Dr. Alexander Kriebitz (TU München - Business Ethics): "AI and Human Rights".
  • 08.11. Prof. Dr. Christian Sturm (TH Ingolstadt - Human Factors and Usability Engineering): "Respect-Based Design"
  • 22.11. Prof. Dr. Michael Jungbluth (TH Ingolstadt - AI in Consumer Commerce): "The Transparent Customer"
  • 06.12. Dr. Michael Klenk (TU Delft - Ethics and the Philosophy of Technology): "Online Manipulation".
  • 20.12. Dr. Michael W. Schmidt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology): "The Ethics of Autonomous Cars".
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