Example videos (Read the course description below):

ESTE6, Prof. Chutatip Umajavani, Science, Technology over Time and Culture https://youtu.be/LOexa3XE3bQ

ESTE, Prof. Darryl Macer, Universality of Bioethics in Love (BLL 8) https://youtu.be/lYaLdX2h6dc

ESTE4, Prof. Soraj Hongladarom, Nanoethics https://youtu.be/MW7FmIoxFmg

ESTE5, Prof. Soraj Hongladarom, Information Ethics https://youtu.be/glueBfMT4Xw

ESTE7, Prof. Soraj Hongladarom, Nuclear Ethics https://youtu.be/9laZbvnWlI0

EST10, Prof. Govindan Parayil, MDGs and Sustainability; Social and Environmental Issues  https://youtu.be/JP_l0W0b-P8

ESTE17, Prof.  Konstantin Hrucki, Aristotle and Biocosmology https://youtu.be/hyuvCeibYrk

ESTE18, Prof. Siti Nurani Nour, Research Methodology; Scientific Ethics; Bioethics https://youtu.be/qWZNNAcheY0

ESTE19, Prof. Soraj Hongladarom, Ethics, online Self and Identity https://youtu.be/twuQ5zlfywg

ESTE20, Prof. John Weckert, Nanoethics; Ethics of Science and Technology https://youtu.be/y3Z1wHEvzco

ESTE22, Prof. M. Selvanayagam , The ethics of biotechnology and food security  https://youtu.be/8M49eceJAgg

ESTE23, Prof. Tsuyoshi Awaya , Ethics and Technology: Who is to be blamed? https://youtu.be/nv3eaZo9Zxo

ESTE24, Prof. Soraj Hongladarom, Ethics of Science and Technology: Special Considerations to Nanoethics https://youtu.be/KaXHxkITsDw

ESTE26, Prof. Taro Mochizuki, Still continue after Fukushima? Energy ethics and courage to let go of nuclear power https://youtu.be/-dh6H8u5goQ

ESTE27, Prof. John Weckert, Philosophy/Ethics of technology (what is the purpose of technology, technology and human flourishing, technology and the natural world, technology and values) https://youtu.be/CyGGd2ksSIY

ESTE28, Prof. Ravichandran Moorthy, Development Ethics in Malaysia    https://youtu.be/X-lsqbmj_8Y

ESTE29, Prof. S. Pannerselvam, Bioethics, Religion & Culture in India https://youtu.be/8jeE6S6sr-Y

ESTE30, Prof. Takao Takahashi, Disaster Ethics: Philosophical Foundations and its Implications  https://youtu.be/sqjuWZqkmmM

ESTE31, Prof. Miyako Takagi, Scientists’ Responsibility to Science and Technology   https://youtu.be/Hx88CSlmKJY

ESTE32, Prof. Darryl Macer, Sustainable Energy and Biodiversity: Solar, Wind and Biosphere2 Arizona https://youtu.be/z-S6tA1prNo 

ESTE33, Prof. Chutatip Umajanavi, Bioethics and Digital Age https://youtu.be/rQRlsweHr7I

ESTE34, DMGriffith, October 2018, 0.3 hr, Prof. Darryl Macer, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles: Planets in California https://youtu.be/j5PdiCdz4Y4

ESTE35, Prof. John Weckert, Ethics in New Technologies & Implications for Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViUBJp5qMrw&

ESTE36, Prof. Chutatip Umajavani , Humanity and the Digital Age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN2Zil8BnRs&

ESTE37, Prof. Miyako Takagi, Consideration for promotion of muscle growth by gene editing (ABC19) https://youtu.be/hOCH58XcI-E

ESTE38, Prof. John Weckert, Information Ethics: Why Should it Matter?  https://youtu.be/el8WPp90cvo

ESTE39, Prof. Chutatip Umavijani, The Secrets of Life: Humans, Technology and Environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEveZ2rrBwk

ESTE40, Prof. John Weckert, Our technology fetish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLouSb4yTM

ESTE41, Prof. Marlon Lofredo, Augmented Eternity and Digital Remains. It’s Possible after All https://youtu.be/Yjv8u0NNlvA




Enrolled Students of AUSN receive the AUSN Video lecture Archive and Attendance Sheet to record which videos they have watched.

AUSN as an intellectual forum for intercultural dialogue upholds the value of academic freedom for all professors and students, and the views expressed in the videos are not those of AUSN.

The above videos are a selection of the total video archive of AUSN that supplements the contact hours provided by in-person lectures, group skype sessions, and other supervised contact at AUSN.

Anyone can request to try out a live AUSN class for free by writing to Dr. Darryl Macer, Provost, AUSN; Email: provost@ausn.info

For countries that do not have youtube access, a original file can be shared with enrolled AUSN students.

Competencies:

1.Analyze ethical situations that arise in science and technology.

2. Identify ethical dilemmas through different lens, including those of gender lens, ability studies, and the perspectives of indigenous communities.

3. Create and scrutinize policies and practices in various settings relating to science and technology.

4. Understand scientific responsibility.

5. Apply ethics to examples of emerging science and technology.

6. Understand the philosophy of science 

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course include to present to the student a general framework of the pertinent subject matters of health behavior and how they affect the public’s health through their interaction with the individual in the community. 

Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide the student a review of the ethics of science and technology, excluding genetic technology (which is covered in Bioethics and Genetics course). 

Topics that are covered:

1) Introduction to Science, Technology and Philosophy

2) Ethics of Science and Scientific Responsibility

3) Science and Technology over Time and Culture

4) Nanotechnology ethics, including  environmental and health impacts

5) Information ethics and privacy; Artificial intelligence, the singularity, cyborgs

6) Nuclear ethics

7) Disaster ethics

8) Ethics of Car Use; MDGs and Sustainability

9) Anthropological research; Nature of Science; UNESCO Status of Scientific Researchers

10) Biological Weapons Convention

11) Biosafety and Dual Use Dilemmas

12) Commercialization of Science and Technology