TY - JOUR
T1 - The Importance of Ethics in Modern Universities of Technology
AU - Taebi, Behnam
AU - van den Hoven, Jeroen
AU - Bird, Stephanie J.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The twenty-first century will pose substantial and unprecedented challenges to modern societies. The world population is growing while societies are pursuing higher levels of global well-being. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems, increasing energy demands and related problems of climate change are only a few of the many major issues humanity is facing in this century. Universities of technology have an essential role to play in meeting these concerns by generating scientific knowledge, achieving technological breakthroughs, and educating scientists and engineers to think and work for the public good.
AB - The twenty-first century will pose substantial and unprecedented challenges to modern societies. The world population is growing while societies are pursuing higher levels of global well-being. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems, increasing energy demands and related problems of climate change are only a few of the many major issues humanity is facing in this century. Universities of technology have an essential role to play in meeting these concerns by generating scientific knowledge, achieving technological breakthroughs, and educating scientists and engineers to think and work for the public good.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077383061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11948-019-00164-6
DO - 10.1007/s11948-019-00164-6
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85077383061
SN - 1353-3452
VL - 25
SP - 1625
EP - 1632
JO - Science and Engineering Ethics
JF - Science and Engineering Ethics
IS - 6
ER -
