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Martin Peterson
Professor of Philosophy & Sue G. and Harry E. Bovay Chair of the History and Ethics of Professional Engineering
Teaching



At Texas A&M University I have frequently taught a large course in engineering ethics. The course is team-taught and supported by several teaching assistants. In 2013, when working at Eindhoven University of Technology, I developed and coordinated a new course on the ethics and history of technology (together with prof. Johan Schot), which was taken by 1285 freshman students and taught by a team of about 15 instructors. From 2006 to 2008 I was Director of Studies in philosophy at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. I was responsible for organizing supervisions for their philosophy students, and took part in the admissions procedure. I also did supervisions with students in several other colleges in Cambridge. My most important pedagogical achievements are my textbooks:
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Ethics for Engineers, Oxford University Press 2019.
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An Introduction to Decision Theory, Cambridge University Press 2009. (2nd edition 2017.)
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Courses Taught 1999-2022
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Graduate seminar in Philosophy of Technology, Texas A&M (Fall 2022: 10 students, 2 instructors)
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Introduction to Philosophy, Texas A&M (Spring 2022: 251 students, 1 instructor)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2022: 479 students, 3 instructors)
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Contemporary Moral Issues, Texas A & M (Fall 2021: 267 students, 1 instructor)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2021: about 1000 students, 7 instructors)
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Graduate seminar in Analytic Value Theory, Texas A & M (Spring 2021: 6 students)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2020: about 1000 students, 7 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2020: about 1110 students, 9 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2019: about 1050 students, 8 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2019: about 1200 students, 8 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2018: about 960 students, 8 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2018: about 940 students, 8 instructors)
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Graduate seminar in Moral Epistemology, Texas A & M (Fall 2017, 8 students)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2017: about 800 students, 8 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2017: about 900 students, 8 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2016: 750 students, 7 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2016: 901 students, 9 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2015: 699 students, 6 instructors )
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Spring 2015: 810 students, 5 instructors)
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Engineering Ethics, Texas A&M (Fall 2014: 643 students, 3 instructors )
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USE base: History and Ethics of Technology, Eindhoven (Spring 2014: approx. 1500 students, > 15 instructors)
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USE base: History and Ethics of Technology, Eindhoven (Spring 2013: 1283 students, > 15 instructors)
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Decision Theory, Eindhoven (2013-2014, > 100 students)
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Normative Decision Theory for Engineers (2014, approx. 25 students, Eindhoven
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Introduction to ethics, Eindhoven (2009- 2014, 80 - 100 students Computer Ethics and Law, Eindhoven (2009, 2010, 2013, approx 60 students)
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Ethics for ID students, Eindhoven (approx 5 iterations, about 20 students)
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Philosophy of Risk (for graduate students), Eindhoven (2012, 2013, about 5 students)
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Philosophy of Risk (for undergraduate students), Eindhoven (2012, 2013, about 15 students)
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Bioethics (Part II, Paper 5), Cambridge
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Induction and Inference (Part II, Paper 5), Cambridge
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Research Ethics, LTU
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Philosophy of Science, LTU
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Logic, LTU
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Computer Ethics, KTH
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The Ethics of Biotechnolgy, KTH
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Ethics for engineers, KTH
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Critical Thinking, Stockholm University
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Applied Ethics, Stockholm University
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Media Ethics, KTH
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Advanced Problem Solving, KTH
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Philosophy 101, LTU
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