CET: Centre for Ethics and Technology

”Innovative work in the philosophy of technology, a relatively new branch of the subject in which Dutch philosophers can claim to be pre-eminent.” Those are the words of an international research evaluation committee in 2006. The research of the three Departments of Philosophy of the Dutch universities of technology was judged to be “excellent”. They have joined their strengths and expertise in this ‘3TU.Centre of Excellence’. Answering above mentioned questions requires not just theoretical reflection, but also linking ethical theory to engineering practice. Socially responsible innovation is therefore one of the key concepts in the activities of the 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology (3TU.Ethics). We feel that already during the development- and design phase of innovation, attention should be paid to social and ethical conditions and consequences. This vision is translated in both our choice of research themes and our intensive collaboration with engineering centers and groups.

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