Cuentos robóticos como recurso didáctico para enseñar ética a ingenieros informáticos

Résumé

This paper presents the experience with the use of a particular didactic resource in a university course of Ethics for Engineers. The resource consists of a short science fiction story («Robotic Dilemmas») that serves to stimulate questions about what is moral conscience, following a long tradition of using litera- ture for ethics education. The science fiction genre is generally quite popular among young audiences, and if they are students of technological careers even more so. In this case it is a story starring a robot with an artificial «mind», which aims to bring the subject especially to students of computer science. After reading, commenting and discussing the text, it can be observed that the students have been able to un- derstand more deeply some fundamental ethical notions.