Visiting address
Atlas Eindhoven University of Technology
Mail addressP.O. Box 513 5600 MB EINDHOVEN The Netherlands
Telephone+31 (0)40 247 2746
Dr. Spahn, A. (Andreas)
Eindhoven University of TechnologySection: Philosophy and Ethics
Faculty: Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences
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Domain-Specific Ethics
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Ecological Ethics
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Information and Media Ethics
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Meta-ethics
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Moral Philosophy
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Value Judgment
Andreas Spahn (1974) is assistant professor of philosophy and ethics at Eindhoven University of Technology. He studied Philosophy, Communication-Science and German Literature at the University of Essen (Germany). After pursuing his Master-Degree in Philosophy and German Literature at the University of Notre-Dame (USA), he obtained his Ph-D in Bochum (Germany) in 2007 with a thesis on the Theory of Understanding. His research fields include metha-ethical questions about grounding value-judgments and questions concerning applied ethics in the field of the influence of new media on society and ecological ethics.
4TU.Ethics Projects
- Developing and Implementing Smart Grids in India
- Wise Choices and Smart Savings: Effectiveness and Acceptability of Persuasive Technology for Household Energy Saving (MORALPT)
- A Sustainable Ethics for Future Energy Systems
- Persuasive technology and social values
- Biofuels: sustainable innovation or gold rush?