Scientific findings and technologies change the foundations of our lives. These developments carry complex ethical questions, which makes an interdisciplinary and integrative approach an absolute necessity: only when researchers and ethics experts are able to collaboratively tackle challenges can a clear picture of their moral dimensions be discovered and an appropriate ethical judgement be found.
The IZEW has devoted itself to this goal with its program “Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities:” scientists from diverse disciplines work here on the most pressing ethical questions. Focus here is placed on these six primary fields:
