This course gives an introduction into basic features and concepts of ethics with respect to scientific research, political institutions and business. It is laid out when and how responsibility arises. Basic moral values will be introduced, and together with common moral theories, these will be applied to several typical case studies in engineering. Various Codes of Ethics will be analyzed and discussed. We will also discuss values in the design process, environmental ethics, and space ethics.
There is a reading assignment to every session, which is a text from a pool consisting of introductory teaching material, Codes of Ethics from various organizations and papers about Engineering Ethics.

Die Ringvorlesung "Fascination Space - On the scientific and practical use of astronautics" informiert über spannende wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen im Bereich der Raumfahrt, für das tägliche Leben wichtige und unverzichtbare praktische Anwendungen der Raumfahrt, an die Grenzen gehende technologische Herausforderungen sowie über vergangene, geplante und laufende Raumfahrtmissionen. Lehrende der Universität Bremen und kooperierender Institute sowie Vertreter regionaler Industrieunternehmen bringen den Studierenden und allen interessierten MitarbeiterInnen der Universität Bremen Raumfahrt in Forschung und Anwendung in allgemeinverständlicher Form in Vorlesungen und ausführlichen Diskussionen nahe.
**
This seminar series intends to convey exciting aerospace research questions on a more general level and to allow discussions between experts and audience. Professionals from academia and industry will look into applications from space research, some of which have become vital parts of our everyday life. The technological challenges of astronautics and past, present and future space missions will also be tackled.