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.
© Gregor Hübl / University of Bonn
Team
© Matthias Braun
Projects
© Matthias Braun
Publications
© Matthias Braun
Approach
© Social Ethics Group
Events and Outreach
© Gregor Hübl / University of Bonn
Teaching
Ethics und Governance of emerging technologies
Here you will soon learn more about the research hub "ethics and governance of emerging technologies""
Events
Lunch Break - Networking Event
Cafeteria Collegium ...
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Wir engagieren uns für die Vernetzung von Studentinnen*, Wissenschaftlerinnen* sowie Mitarbeiterinnen* aus Technik und Verwaltung, die zu Künstlicher ...
Lunch Series
Zoom
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Join us each month for a fun and informative lunch on "Ethics, AI and Health"!
On 21 May 2026, we have Prof. Dr. Lauren Klein as a guest in our Lunch ...
Diskutier Ma(h)l
Kirchenpavillon, ...
06:30 PM
Herzliche Einladung zu einem Themenabend im Kirchenpavillon, organisiert vom Lehrstuhl für (Sozial-)Ethik und dem Evangelischen Forum.
Nach einem Impuls zum ...
Lunch Series
Zoom
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Join us each month for a fun and informative lunch on "Ethics, AI and Health"!
On 11 June 2026, we have Prof. Santa Slokenberga as a guest in our Lunch ...
News
billig und gerecht
Just in time for the start of the semester, you can now listen to ethics! In the new podcast “billig und gerecht: Euer neuer Podcast für Ethik und Recht,” Susanne Gössl, a law professor at the University of Bonn, and Matthias Braun, a professor of ethics at the University of Bonn, discuss current social issues at the intersection of ethics and law.
If the code hurts: on pain and virtual brains
New article by Giuseppe Comerci in AI and Ethics.
Navigating the plastic crisis
New article by Matthias Braun and Anna-Katharina Hornidge in EMBO Reports.
CARE-HOUSE
New article by Natalie Öhl, Tobias Steigleder, Eva Maria Hille, Matthias Braun et al. in BMC Palliative Care.
