Ethics in STEM is a research area that focuses on the critical ethical dimensions of our designed and engineered world. We seek to challenge various cultural assumptions about what ethics is and how it is approached in STEM contexts. Our aim is to highlight the overlooked ethical concerns in STEM in order to integrate critical ethical reflection and action within engineering, technology and science education and research. We advocate treating ethics as an integral part of design and policy to move towards a full reorientation and development of STEM education and research with ethics.
Research Lead
Contact
- lamorris@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2612
- Walker 302
Alexandra Morrison
- Associate Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
- Ethics and Philosophy Minor Advisor
- PhD (Philosophy) University of Guelph
- MA, BA (Philosophy) University of Toronto
Biography
Alexandra Morrison is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan Technological University. Her main research areas are Continental Philosophy especially Phenomenology, Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Ethics. Her research in ethics seeks to uncover the ways in which our embodied and habitual relations with technologies and technological systems, over time and often imperceptibly, transform who we are and what we value. Her work in ethics and technology is also informed by various interdisciplinary research projects with computer scientists, engineers, and anthropologists.