Ethics of the Nanoscale

纳米尺度的伦理

• 批准号: 0532340
• 负责人: James Bradley
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0532340&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ethics; Nanoscale

Project Summary: Ethics of the NanoscaleAn interdisciplinary team of faculty members representing chemistry, biology,engineering, philosophy, and the humanities will develop curriculum materials and use them to educate freshman and sophomore students in all disciplines about nanotechnology and its potential ethical, social, and environmental impacts. Faculty will cross-educate themselves, develop course material communicating the fundamentals of each field, and determine the key ethical, societal and environmental questions that must be asked and discussed. Five course delivery methods will be used: Ethics of the Nanoscale is a new semester course for science, engineering, social sciencesand philosophy freshman and sophomore students who will learn about the science ofnanotechnology, its applications, the fundamentals of ethics, and the ethical, societal andenvironmental implications of nanotechnology. Real-time distance education course, Ethics of the Nanoscale, will be transmitted to freshman and sophomore students at Tuskegee University and Auburn University at Montgomery. Modules on nanotechnology and its ethical, societal, and environmental implications will be taught in three core curriculum courses for freshman/sophomore students from all disciplines. A nanotechnology and ethics module will be included in the Auburn University Summer Bridge Program for incoming minority science, engineering and pre medicine freshmen. Experts in nanotechnology, the ethical issues of nanotechnology and its applications will present seminars to the previously mentioned classes and give seminars to faculty, graduate students, and upper division undergraduates.Intellectual Merit of the Proposed Activity. It is imperative that future scientists, engineers, social scientists, and ethicists understand the ethical, societal, and environmental implications of emerging scientific and engineering technologies. These issues must be considered and discussed as discoveries are being made and the technology developed. Ethical discussions concerning the impact of the discoveries on society and environment that occur during the discovery process will result in appropriate safeguards being put in place to protect society and the environment. Teaching integrated concepts of both nanoscience and ethics to university freshmen and sophomore presents new opportunities for development of critical thinking and analysis skills among students. This approach will strengthen their cognitive abilities and give them the ability to analyze in ethical terms advances in nanotechnology and other scientific and engineering fields.Broader Impacts Resulting from the Proposed Activity. Through these courses, university students, as part of the electorate, will come to understand that every emerging technology has its associated ethical questions, risks, and issues that must be understood, debated and, ideally, eventually accepted or rejected by the citizenry via electoral and legislative processes. Developing and teaching these courses and assessing and evaluating their impact on students' thinking and ethical views will provide faculty with a solid framework for improving our pedagogy in this area. Dissemination of the results from this project will provide the foundation for the development of new courses that integrate our social and ethical responsibilities with knowledge of emerging scientific and engineering technologies and will strengthen America's undergraduate education.

项目概要：代表化学，生物学，工程学，哲学和人文学科的教师组成的跨学科团队将开发课程材料，并使用它们来教育大一和大二学生在所有学科的纳米技术及其潜在的道德，社会和环境影响。教师将交叉教育自己，开发课程材料传达每个领域的基本原理，并确定必须询问和讨论的关键伦理，社会和环境问题。将采用五种授课方法：纳米尺度的伦理学是一门新学期的课程，面向科学、工程、社会科学和哲学大一和大二学生，他们将学习纳米技术的科学、应用、伦理学的基本原理以及纳米技术的伦理、社会和精神影响。 实时远程教育课程，纳米尺度的道德，将传送到塔斯基吉大学和奥本大学在蒙哥马利大一和大二的学生。 关于纳米技术及其伦理，社会和环境影响的模块将在三个核心课程中为来自所有学科的大一/大二学生讲授。一个纳米技术和伦理模块将包括在奥本大学夏桥计划为即将到来的少数民族科学，工程和医学预科新生。 在纳米技术的专家，纳米技术及其应用的伦理问题将目前的研讨会，以前面提到的类，并给研讨会的教师，研究生，和高年级本科生。拟议活动的智力优点。未来的科学家、工程师、社会科学家和伦理学家必须了解新兴科学和工程技术的伦理、社会和环境影响。这些问题必须在发现和技术发展的过程中加以考虑和讨论。在发现过程中，就发现对社会和环境的影响进行伦理讨论，将制定适当的保障措施，以保护社会和环境。教授纳米科学和伦理学的综合概念给大学一年级和二年级的学生提供了发展批判性思维和分析技能的新机会。这种方法将加强他们的认知能力，使他们能够从伦理角度分析纳米技术和其他科学和工程领域的进展。通过这些课程，大学生，作为选民的一部分，将了解到，每一个新兴技术都有其相关的道德问题，风险和问题，必须理解，辩论，并在理想情况下，最终通过选举和立法程序接受或拒绝公民。开发和教学这些课程，并评估和评价其对学生的思想和道德观的影响将为教师提供一个坚实的框架，以改善我们在这一领域的教学法。该项目成果的传播将为开发新课程奠定基础，这些课程将我们的社会和道德责任与新兴科学和工程技术知识相结合，并将加强美国的本科教育。