Prof. Dr. Sabine Ammon
MA Martina Vortel


The seminar adresses the basics of technology ethics and technology assessment. The focus is on positions and key aspects of the ethical debates on robotics, artificial intelligence and automation and the critical discussion and argumentation on the basis of theoretical texts. Other topics are responsible technology design (e.g. scenario analysis, value assessment, critical design thinking) in practice-oriented and interdisciplinary teamwork. The seminar also asks about possibilities of ethical accompaniment / intervention in technology development. In small project groups, the participants analyze ethical and social aspects on self-selected case studies and evaluate them with regard to possible ethical-social consequences. The aim is, in addition to critical reflection, a well-founded development of proposals for responsible technology futures and design.