RT Journal Article
T1 Teaching ethics to engineers: a socratic experience
A1 Génova Fuster, Gonzalo
A1 González, M. Rosario
AB In this paper we present the authors' experience of teaching a course in Ethics for Engineers, which has been delivered four times in three different universities in Spain and Chile. We begin by presenting the material context of the course (its place within the university program, the number of students attending, its duration, etc.), and especially the intellectual background of the participating students, in terms of their previous understanding of philosophy in general, and of ethics in particular. Next we set out the objectives of the course and the main topics addressed, as well as the methodology and teaching resources employed to have students achieve a genuine philosophical reflection on the ethical aspects of the profession, starting from their own mindset as engineers. Finally we offer some results based on opinion surveys of the students, as well as a more personal assessment by the authors, recapitulating the most significant achievements of the course and indicating its underlying Socratic structure.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1353-3452
YR 2016
FD 2016-04-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31454
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31454
LA eng
NO This work is part of the research developed within Project FFI2012-37670, “Fundamentos filosóficos de la idea de solidaridad: amor, amistad y generosidad” (philosophical foundations of the idea of solidarity: love, friendship and generosity), supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.
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