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Department of (Social-)Ethics

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Welcome to the Department of (Social) Ethics!

We explore ethical questions in the interplay between society and technology. We research how new technologies change social life foms and institutions and how to responsibly shape these changes. By using empirical  and analytical-hermeneutic methods we evaluate social norms or concepts. We examine how they can provide orientation or need to be innovated and rethought. By this we develop options for behavior and action for the social dealing with new technologies.

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Team

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Projects

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Publications

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Approach

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Events and Outreach

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Teaching

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Ethics und Governance of emerging technologies

Here you will soon learn more about the research hub "ethics and governance of emerging technologies""

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How predictive medicine leads to solidarity gaps in health9
New commentary by Matthias Braun in npj Digital Medicine
Feb 19, 2025 9
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Impressions from Kinderuni 202510
On 3 February 2025, the moment we had all been waiting for finally arrived! Around 500 children's university students and 300 parents attended the highly anticipated lecture “Data protection and thieves on the Internet”
Feb 05, 2025 10
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Bytes the Dust: Normative Notions in Decommissioning Digital Doppelgängers11
New commentary by Andrew J. Barnhart, Giuseppe Comerci and Matthias Braun in AJOB
Jan 31, 2025 11
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Naming the Ungrieved12
New article by Hannah Bleher and Denise Wallat 
Jan 29, 2025 12

Contact

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun

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Sarah Mühlenhaus

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Ilona Schimmel

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Links

  1. https://www.instagram.com/ethics_bonn/
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-braun-a15823290/
  3. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/team/team
  4. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/projects/projects
  5. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/publications
  6. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/approach
  7. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/events-outreach
  8. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/teaching
  9. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/news-1/how-predictive-medicine-leads-to-solidarity-gaps-in-health
  10. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/news-1/eindruecke-von-der-kinderuni-2025
  11. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/news-1/bytes-the-dust-normative-notions-in-decommissioning-digital-doppelgaengers
  12. https://www.etf.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/systematic-theology/systematic-theology-and-ethics/news-1/naming-the-ungrieved