ENGINEERING as a TEKHN N Yasemin YALIM MD

ENGINEERING as a TEKHNÉ N. Yasemin YALIM, MD. Ph. D Professor of Bioethics Ankara University School of Medicine

TEKHNÉ Every kind of production and performance, 2 creation, modification, skill, dexterity, hand-craft, prophecy N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

MYTH of DAIDALOS 3 N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

MYTH of HEPHAISTOS 4 N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

COMMON NATURE of TEKHNÉ 5 Leads to extravagance when uncontrolled Aim to change the very nature; against nature Its main activity is solving the self-induced problems Its a source of power. Strengthens power. Establish alliances with power Can harm its possessor Creates accountability. Both helpful and scary; both good and bad; creative and destructive N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

PRINCIPLE MORAL VALUES of TEKHNÉ What end are you scientists working To have the profeciency on the knowledge of the profession, Respect for human beings, Granting the professional limits, Creativity, Good will. for? To my mind, the only purpose of science is to lighten the toil of human existence. If scientists, browbeaten by selfish rulers, confine themselves to the accumulation of knowledge for the sake of knowledge, science will be crippled and your new machines will only mean new hardships. Given time, you may well discover everything there is to discover, but your progress will be a progression away from humanity. The gulf between you and humanity may one day be so wide that the response to 6 your exultation about N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

ENGINEER’S VIRTUES 7 Accurate assessment Consistent judgement Attention and elaboration for details Communication skills Reliability Accountability Human-orientedness Sensitivity towards human needs N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES Comprehensibility (Logos) Feasibility (Facultas) Acceptability – Permisibility (Ethos) 8 Utilitas Firmitas Venustas Auditing (Nomos) N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021

OBLIGATIONS of AN ENGINEER 9 In relation to the engineering knowledge, In relation to engineering as a profession In relation to other human beings and her values, as a human being, In relation to technology, In relation to the society and social processes as an intellectual, N. Yasemin YALIM 10/31/2021