Introduction: Ethics, Technology & Society (Hauser/Kastenberg)

The Epistemology of Technological Development (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: The Mechanistic View of Life Chapter in The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra
• Class Reader: Great Achievements and Grand Challenges by William A. Wulf

The Epistemology of Technological Development (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: The Mechanistic View of Life Chapter in The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra
• Class Reader: Great Achievements and Grand Challenges by William A. Wulf

The Wisdom Traditions and Virtue (Kastenberg)

• Lecture Links:
• The Forum on Religion and Ecology
• Religions of the World and Ecology

Greek Philosophy and Ethics (Hauser)

• Class Reader: Moral Theories Chapter in Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Beauchamp and Childress

Modernity, Philosophy and Ethics (Hauser)

• Class Reader: Moral Theories Chapter in Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Beauchamp and Childress

Modernity, Philosophy and Ethics (Hauser)

• Class Reader: Moral Theories Chapter in Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Beauchamp and Childress

Movie: An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)

Integral Approaches to Ethics and Technology (Hauser)

• Class Reader: Terrorism and Other Global Terrors: An Integral Analysis by Roger Walsh
• Class Reader: Integral Ecology by Michael Zimmerman
• Lecture Notes

Movie: An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)

Professional Codes of Conduct (Kastenberg)

• Lecture Link: Depending on Character: ASCE Shapes Its First Code of Ethics by Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher
• Class Reader: Balancing Scientific and Ethical Values in Environmental Science by Jay R. Harmon, et.al.
• Class Reader: Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics by J. Proctor
• Codes of Ethics web pages:
  • ASME
  • ASCE
  • IEEE
  • ACM
  • ACE/IEEE
  • NSPE

Risk, Utilitarianism, the Precautionary Principle and Ethics (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Is There A Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental Health and Safety Regulation by Kenneth J. Arrow, et.al.
• Class Reader: Learning from the Law to Address Uncertainty in the Precautionary Principle by Carl Cranor

Post-Modernity, Philosophy and Ethics (Hauser)

• Lecture Links: What is Moral Maturity? A Phenomenological Account of the Development of Ethical Expertise by Hubert L. Dreyfus

1st Midterm Exam

Eastern Cultures and Ethics: Confucianism (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Ecological Themes in Taoism and Confusianism by M.E. Tucker
• Lecture Links:
  • The Forum on Religion and Ecology
  • Religions of the World and Ecology

Eastern Cultures and Ethics: Hinduism/Buddhism (Hauser)

• Lecture Links:
  • The Forum on Religion and Ecology
  • Religions of the World and Ecology

Eastern Cultures and Ethics: Taoism (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Ecological Themes in Taoism and Confusianism by M.E. Tucker
• Lecture Links:
  • The Forum on Religion and Ecology
  • Religions of the World and Ecology

The Roots of our Ecological Crisis I (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis by Lynn White, Jr.
• Class Reader: The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin
• Class Reader: Towards Emergent Ethical Action and the Culture of Engineering by Gloria Hauser, William Kastenberg, David Norris

Introduction to Complex Systems (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Systems Theory and the New Paradigm by Fritjof Capra

Complexity: Biological, Ecological, Social, Technical and Natural Systems (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader:Climate Change Science, An Analysis of Some Key Questions, National Research Council

Spring Break

Emerging Nuclear Issues (Nuclear Weapons and High-Level Radioactive Waste) (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Nuclear Power: An Industrial Ecology that Failed?, Chapter in Industrial Ecology and Global Change by Francis Berkhout
• Class Reader: Hazards of Managing and Disposing of Nuclear Wastes by W.E. Kastenberg and Luca Gratton

Emerging Nuclear Issues (Nuclear Weapons and High-Level Radioactive Waste) (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Nuclear Power: An Industrial Ecology that Failed?, Chapter in Industrial Ecology and Global Change by Francis Berkhout
• Class Reader: Hazards of Managing and Disposing of Nuclear Wastes by W.E. Kastenberg and Luca Gratton

Biotechnology Issues

• Class Reader: Biotechnology at a Turning Point Chapter in Hidden Connections by Fritjof Capra
• Class Reader: Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution by F. Fukuyama
• Class Reader: Executive Summary Report of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Indigeneous Cultures and Ethics (Kastenberg)

Emerging Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Building New Brains Chapter 6 in The Age of Spiritual Machines When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
• Lecture Link: National Nanotechnology Initiative

Biotechnology Issues

• Class Reader: Biotechnology at a Turning Point Chapter in Hidden Connections by Fritjof Capra
• Class Reader: Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution by F. Fukuyama
• Class Reader: Executive Summary Report of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Emerging Issues in Bio-agriculture and Transgenic Crops (Kastenberg)

• Class Reader: Genetically Engineered Crops: Separating the Myths From the Realty by Miguel A. Altieri
• Class Reader:Genetic Engineering: A Challenge for Engineers by Robert Manning

Modern Philosophical Perspectives (Hauser)

• Class Reader: Heidegger on Gaining a Free Relation To Technology Chapter in Technology and the Politics of Knowledge by Hubert L. Dreyfus
• Class Reader: Further Reflections on Heidegger, Technology and the Everyday by H. Dreyfus, Charles Spinoza

Emerging Issues in Information Technology (Harvey)

Emerging Issues in Information Technology (Harvey)

Review (GSIs)

(1) The Class meets T/Th; lectures will be 1 hour with 1/2 hour in class discussions and 1 hour Discussion Sections.
(2) The order of topics is subject to change, based on availability of several guest speakers.