Spring into STEM | How can philosophy make us better engineers? | Virtual Lecture Series
05 May 2022, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
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With groundbreaking developments in science, technology, engineering and medicine bringing rapid change across the planet, how do we ensure that innovation is safe, fair and responsible?
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Garance Mourgaud
Location
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ZoomRoberts Engineering Building,LondonWC1E7JEUnited Kingdom
Many of us became Engineers because we want to make a difference and improve people’s lives. We want to solve those problems that impact people’s lives, big or small. But the world we work in is complex and every action we take and every decision we make has consequences good and bad. How do we work out what the best decision is? How do we avoid those bad consequences? How do we make sure that our work is ethical, or equitable? This is where Philosophy comes in, or more specifically Ethics. Philosophers have been discussing how to make ethical decisions for centuries and while they haven’t reached a conclusion, they can give us some pointers on how to answer those difficult questions.
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About the Speaker
Dr Fiona Truscott
Lecturer (Teaching) at UCL Engineering
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