Ethics for Engineers (part-time) - BMEGT41MSM8000-00

The aim of the course is to prepare participants for the ethical issues arising from engineering work and the different roles of engineers, conflicts and to deal with them responsibly and effectively. The course introduces aspects of ethical decision-making. It presents ethical theories applicable to decision-making and discusses methods of rational decision-making. It provides knowledge that the ability to deal with moral, technical and economic issues together.

1. Knowledge of the general and specific characteristics of the field, its boundaries, the main ethical issues and its links with related ethical issues.
2. Detailed knowledge of the ethical contexts, theories and the terminology that underpin them.
3. Knowledge of the specific ethical methods (knowledge acquisition and problem-solving) of the field, ways of developing the practical implications of theoretical issues.
4. A good knowledge of the ethical vocabulary of the field, the specific features of written and spoken communication: the most important forms, methods and techniques in the mother tongue and in at least one foreign language.
5. Possesses the range of ethical knowledge required for entry to doctoral studies in the field and in other fields of study.
6. Detailed knowledge of legal regulations and ethical norms in the field of the doctoral programme.

1. Carry out a detailed analysis of the different ethical concepts that make up the knowledge base of the field, synthesising and synthesising the broad and specific contexts and making an appropriate evaluation.
2. Identify specific professional ethical problems through a multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach, and explore and formulate the detailed theoretical and practical background necessary to solve them.
3. Applies ethical theories and related terminology in an innovative way to solve problems.

1. Assumes the overarching and specific relationships, the professional identity, which constitute the specific character of its field, its personal and community role.
2. He/she takes decisions in new, complex and strategic decision-making situations, including unexpected life situations, in full respect of legal and ethical standards.
3. A well-developed professional identity and sense of vocation, which is shared with the professional and wider social community.
4. He/she has a good understanding of and represents the active citizenship and literacy elements that define the key issues in his/her field.
5. He/she embraces the principle that continuous professional socialisation and personal learning are at the service of the common good.

1. In unexpected decision situations, he/she independently thinks through and develops comprehensive, substantiating professional questions on the basis of given sources.
2. Under professional guidance, thinks through and develops broad and specific professional issues on the basis of given sources.
3. Independently performs work with critical evaluation and continuous correction of work.
4. Participates responsibly in the development and justification of professional views
5. Assumes responsibility for the views that underpin the discipline.

Lectures

• PPT-k a tárgy Moodle oldalán. / Slides availabe on Moodle.
• Harry J Gensler: Ethics A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge, 2018.

A tanulási eredmények értékelése egy évközi írásbeli teljesítménymérés alapján történik.

Összegző tanulmányi teljesítményértékelés: a tantárgy és tudás, képesség típusú kompetenciaelemeinek komplex, írásos értékelési módja zárthelyi dolgozat formájában.

• Összegző tanulmányi teljesítményértékelés: 100
• Összesen: 100

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Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 03.06.2024.

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