Technology and Society
Module: TRANSVERSE TRAINING
Matter: ETHICS
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
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Head instructor
Dr. Gabriel FERNÁNDEZ - gabi@uic.es
Other instructors
Lc. Albert CORTINA - acortinar@uic.es
Office hours
Students can request an appointment with the teachers by email. To do so, they must write to Gabriel Fernandez Borsot (gabi@uic.es) or Albert Cortina Ramos (acortinar@uic.es).
The leading role of technology in the 21st century is such that one can not understand today's society without taking it as a reference. This prominence of technology, which characterizes our era and differentiates it from previous ages, entails important challenges and confronts us with difficult dilemmas.
Therefore, it is of vital importance for any professional to develop a critical and informed perspective on the anthropological and social implications of technology, as well as to articulate a conscious response to balance the excesses that the techno-scientific system encourages. This is especially relevant for professionals, such as bioengineers, whose profession involves a close relationship with technology.
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After successfully completing the course, the student will be able to:
1. Introduction.
2. Main authors.
3. Main problems of the techno-scientific society.
4. Integral ecology.
5. Artificial intelligence.
6. The datafication.
7. Technology and the world of life.
8. Transhumanism.
9. Key ideas for an integral and balanced alternative.
The final grade of the course is calculated according to the following model:
REMARKS:
A. To pass the course it is mandatory to pass the final exam.
B. Detection of plagiarism, copying or any other activity that may be considered cheating will result in failing the corresponding exercise with a score of zero for all students involved. In the case of exams, it will result in failing the course.
C. No changes in the calendar, exam dates or the evaluation system will be accepted.
D. In the repeat exam the student can choose to be evaluated with only the mark of the repeat exam. The student must request this by email to the main professor, at least one week in advance of the repeat exam.
E. In the second-sitting exams, the maximum grade students will be able to obtain is "Excellent" (grade with honors will not be available).
F. Repeating students must repeat all the activities.
G. Foreign and exchange students (Erasmus and others) will be subject to the same conditions as other students, especially for what regards to calendar, exams dates and evaluation system.
Main readings:
Esquirol, J.M., Los filósofos contemporáneos y la técnica. De Ortega a Sloterdijk, Gedisa, Barcelona 2012.
Cortina, A., Humanismo avanzado para una sociedad biotecnológica, Teconté, Barcelona 2017.
Further readings:
Cortina, A., y Serra, M.A., (Eds.) ¿Humanos o posthumanos?. Fragmenta editorial, Barcelona, 2015.
Ellul, J., Le bluff technologique. Hachette, París 1988.
Francisco I. Carta encíclica. Laudato si. 24 de mayo. 2015.
Heidegger, M., “Sobre la técnica”, Conferencias y artículos, Serbal, Barcelona 1994.
Jonas, H., El principio de responsabilidad, Herder, Barcelona 1995.
Kurzweil, R., La singularidad está cerca. Cuando los humanos trascendamos la biología. Lola Books, Berlin 2012.
McLuhan, M., The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man. University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1962.
Ortega y Gasset, J., Meditación de la técnica y otros ensayos sobre ciencia y filosofía. Alianza, Madrid 1982.
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