Alessandro Blasimme: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2023 |
| Name | Herr Dr. Alessandro Blasimme |
| Adresse | Professur für Bioethik ETH Zürich, HOA H 17 Hottingerstrasse 10 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 632 78 01 |
| alessandro.blasimme@hest.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 376-1661-00L | Ethics of Life Sciences and Biotechnology  | 3 KP | 2V | A. Blasimme, E. Vayena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurzbeschreibung | This semester course enables students to recognize, anticipate and address ethical issues in the domain of health sciences and their technological application. The students will acquire the necessary theoretical and analytic resources to develop critical thinking skills in the field of applied ethics and will practice how to use such resources to address concrete ethical issues in health sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lernziel | This course is tailored to students who want to become familiar with the analysis of ethical issues in all the different domains of life sciences and biotechnology. The course aims at equipping students with the necessary knowledge and analytic skills to understand, discuss and address the ethical aspects of science and technology in the domain of human health. The specific learning objectives of this course are: A. Identify ethical issues in in life sciences and biotechnology. B. Analyze and critically discuss ethical issues in life sciences and biotechnology. C. Become aware of relevant legal and public policy frameworks. D. Distinguish different ethical approaches and argumentative strategies in applied ethics. E. Recognize how ethical issues relate to different accounts of technology and innovation. F. Develop a personal and critical attitude towards the ethical aspects of life sciences and their technological application. G. Autonomously anticipate ethical issues. H. Propose and communicate solutions to ethical challenges and dilemmas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inhalt | The course starts off with an introductory lecture on ethics as a discipline and an overview of the most relevant approaches in the domain of applied ethics. The students will also be introduced to current theoretical accounts of technology and will start to appreciate the relevance of ethics especially with respect to new and emerging technologies. Usable analytic tools will also be provided, thus enabling the students to engage with the discipline in a practical way from the very onset of the semester. The course will continue with thematic sessions covering a broad variety of topics all of which are relevant to the different study tracks offered by the department. In particular, the course will cover the following domains: digital health technologies and medical AI; food, nutrition and healthy longevity; biomedical engineering; genetics; neuroscience and Neurotechnologies; medical robotics; disability and rehabilitation; environmental ethics. The course will also include sessions on cross-cutting ethically relevant aspects of health sciences and technologies, namely: access to innovation, translational research, and the relation between science and public policy. All the topics of the course will be illustrated and interactively discussed through many case studies, offering the students the opportunity to prepare and present them, and to use them in individual as well as group exercises. Throughout the course, the students will have multiple opportunities to experiment with ethical argumentation and to practice their evolving skills. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 376-1662-00L | Ethics and Scientific Integrity for Doctoral Students in Health Sciences and Technology Only for doctoral students D-HEST. | 1 KP | E. Vayena, A. Blasimme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course allows D-HEST PhD students to fulfill the requirements of the mandatory training in ethics. The students will acquire the necessary theoretical and analytic resources to develop critical thinking skills in the field of applied ethics and will practice how to use such resources to address concrete ethical issues in health sciences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lernziel | The course aims at equipping students with the necessary knowledge and analytic skills to understand, discuss and address the ethical aspects of science and technology in relation to human health. The specific learning objectives of this course are: - Identify ethical issues in in life sciences and biotechnology. - Analyze and critically discuss ethical issues in life sciences and biotechnology. - Become aware of relevant legal and public policy frameworks. - Distinguish different ethical approaches and argumentative strategies in applied ethics. - Recognize how ethical issues relate to different accounts of technology and innovation. - Develop a personal and critical attitude towards the ethical aspects of life sciences and their technological application. - Autonomously anticipate ethical issues. - Propose and communicate solutions to ethical challenges and dilemmas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inhalt | This course allow the students to autonomously decide among a broad list of topics specifically designed to be aligned with the scientific interests of D-HEST doctoral programs. The course has three components: 1) Students will watch pre-recorded material that will be made available on Moodle. 2) Students will attend an introductory lecture on the ethics of science, technology and innovation. 3) Students will choose two lectures to attend from a list of thematic lectures that will take place throughout the semester. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 851-0745-00L | Ethics Workshop: The Impact of Digital Life on Society Open to all Master level / PhD students. | 2 KP | 2S | E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, A. Ferretti, J. Sleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurzbeschreibung | This workshop focuses on understanding and managing the ethical and social issues arising from the integration of new technologies in various aspects of daily life. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lernziel | - Explain relevant concepts in ethics. - Evaluate the ethical dimensions of new technology uses. - Identify impacted stakeholders and who is ethically responsible. - Engage constructively in the public discourse relating to new technology impacts. - Review tools and resources currently available that facilitate resolutions and ethical practice. - Work in a more ethically reflective way. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inhalt | The workshop offers students an experience that trains their ability for critical analysis and develops awareness of responsibilities as a researcher, consumer and citizen. Learning will occur in the context of three intensive workshop days, which are highly interactive and focus on the development and application of reasoning skills. The workshop will begin with some fundamentals: the nature of ethics, of consent and big data, of AI ethics, public trust and health ethics. Students will then be introduced to key ethical concepts such as fairness, autonomy, trust, accountability, justice, as well different ways of reasoning about the ethics of digital technologies. A range of practical problems and issues in the domains of education, media, society, digital health and justice will be then considered. These domains are represented respectively by unique and interesting case studies. Each case study has been selected not only for its timely and engaging nature, but also for its relevance. Through the analysis of these case studies key ethical questions (such as fairness, accountability, explainability, access etc.) will be highlighted and questions of responsibility and tools for ethical practice will be explored. Throughout, the emphasis will be on learning to make sound arguments about the ethical aspects of policy, practice and research. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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