Subproject E

Subproject E

Project area E researches the ethical, legal, and social issues in the context of EmpkinS and develops orientation marks for its future societal design. As ethicists, the researchers face these challenges together with their colleagues in EmpkinS from day one to the day of implementation.  

 

Project area E uses different methodological lenses to investigate the ethical chances and choices:

 

Normative challenges

What conflicts arise with regard to normative concepts and implementation conditions through EmpkinS sensor technologies? How can the normative concepts and implementation conditions be further developed so that they provide clear orientation? The underlying theories and concepts are analysed as part of normative research. This is also necessary because it is already apparent at this stage of EmpkinS research that fundamental ethical norms and orientation concepts, such as autonomy and self-determination, sovereignty and surveillance, as well as solidarity and justice, are being challenged and transformed by using new sensor technologies.

 

 

Procedural challenges

What conflicts arise with regard to normative concepts and implementation conditions through EmpkinS sensor technology? And how can the normative concepts and implementation conditions be further developed so they provide clear orientation? This requires a comprehensive analysis and knowledge of the ethical and social procedural modes and criteria. Necessary forms of control, such as meaningful human control, are analysed for this purpose.

 

 

Intuition and values

What intuitions and feelings do people have about measuring the body without touching? What values play a role, and what conclusions are drawn from them? To investigate this, a qualitative-empirical study in the form of an interview study is being conducted. The aim of the study is to gain an empirically based understanding and value patterns of attitudes towards AI-based contactless sensor technologies.

 

 

Governance Aspects

Building on the knowledge of these three facets, an initial examination of fundamental governance issues takes place. This involves the question of how models and forms of social participation and creative involvement can be incorporated into the development and research process. 

 

 

 

Science Communication

Science communication is an important component of project area E in order to enable forms of participation as early as during the research stage. Several science slams have already been held in 2023.

 

 

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Lunch Series “Ethics, AI & Health”

 

Contacts

Principal Investigators

Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun

Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. Peter Dabrock

Principal Investigator

Doctoral Candidates

Eva Maria Hille

Doctoral Candidate

Tabea Ott

Doctoral Candidate

Hannah Bleher

Associated Doctoral Candidate

Max Tretter

Associate Doctoral Candidate

Others

 

 

Additional Information

Publications

  • Ott T., Dabrock P. Vulnerable Integrity. Theological-Ethical Reflections on Human Integrity and Integrity Violations. De Ethica 7,3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.237347%20
  • Hille EM., Hummel P., Braun M. Meaningful Human Control over AI for Health? A Review. Journal of Medical Ethics. Published Online First: 20 September 2023. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109095. 
  • Bleher H., Braun M. Reflections on Putting AI Ethics into Practice: How Three AI Ethics Approaches Conceptualize Theory and Practice. Science and Engineering Ethics 29, 21 (2023)
    DOI: 10.1007/s11948-023-00443-3.
  • Ott T., Heckel M., Öhl N. et al. Palliative care and new technologies. The use of smart sensor technologies and its impact on the Total Care principle. BMC Palliat Care 22, 50 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01174-9.
  • Ott T., Dabrock P. Transparent human – (non-) transparent technology? The Janus-faced call for transparency in AI-based health care technologies. Front. Genet. 13 (2022), 22 August 2022. Sec. ELSI in Science and Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.902960.
  • Braun M., Krutzinna J. Digital twins and the ethics of health decision-making concerning children. Cell Patterns 3 (2022). 10.1016/j.patter.2022.100469.
  • Glasze G. et al. Contested Spatialities of Digital Sovereignty. Geopolitics (2022). 10.1080/14650045.2022.2050070.
  • Braun M., Hummel P. Data Justice and Data Solidarity. Cell Patterns 2 (2022). 10.1007/s43681-022-00135-x.
  • Hille EM., Braun M. Alles privat? Zur Ethik von Public Health und neuen Technologien. Public Health Forum (2022). 10.1515/pubhef-2021-0130.
  • Bleher H., Braun M. Diffused responsibility: attributions of responsibility in the use of AI-driven clinical decision support systems. AI and Ethics (2022). 10.1007/s43681-022-00135-x.