Course - Technology for a Good Society - FI5206
FI5206 - Technology for a Good Society
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Assignment
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
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| Assignment | 100/100 |
Course content
Technology permeates modern societies for better or worse. This course provides an introduction to contemporary debates on technology and ethics pursuing questions like: Why are technologists now expected to be more ethically sensitive? Can technology meet the grand challenges of our time? May technologists be held responsible for undesirable implications of technologies? Should lay-people's opinion matter in questions of technology development? What are the relationships between technology and values? By entering various cases and technology controversies we shall simultaneously discuss and evaluate implications of various answers given to these questions.
Learning outcome
The students will acquire an overview of contemporary ethical discussion on modern technology. Students should be able to understand, evaluate and participate in these current debates by relating these discussions to a particular field of technology.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, plenary discussions, group work. Supervision and essay writing during the second part of the semester. In order to sit the exam the students must complete an oral presentation and have 80 % attendance.
Compulsory assignments
- Oral presentation
- 80 % attendance in lectures
Further on evaluation
About the essay: The essay topic must be approved by the course instructors. The essay should be approx. 12 pages (4800 words) long in 12 point Times New Roman, 1,5 line spacing. The essay should be based on reading of the student's own choice (100-150 pages), in addition to 200 pages of obligatory readings. The essay should be argumentative. The essay can be written in either Norwegian or English.
Required previous knowledge
None.
Course materials
The required reading list will be available at the beginning of the semester.
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2024
Language of instruction: English
Location: Trondheim
- Philosophy
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Examination
Examination arrangement: Assignment
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
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Autumn
ORD
Assignment
100/100
Release
2024-11-11Submission
2024-11-29
09:00
INSPERA
14:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates - Spring ORD Assignment 100/100 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"