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Institute Technology-Theology-Natural Sciences (TTN), Munich

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The Institute Technology-Theology-Natural Sciences (TTN) is an independent affiliated institute for applied ethics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. It aims to promote a constructive discussion on ethical issues in sciences and technology, with particular focus on the interdisciplinary dialogue between natural sciences, humanities, and theology.

In Munich in May 1992, a group of experts in the field of sciences and representatives of the churches and the economy founded an organization to promote communication and understanding between the areas of technology, theology, and natural sciences. The ambition of the society (including, e.g., the protestant theologian Trutz Rendtorff and the geneticist, biochemist, and later president of the European Research Council Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker) was to deepen the interdisciplinary dialogue concerning the ethical aspects of technological, scientific, and economic development. One year later, the Institute TTN...

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  1. Managing director of the Institute TTN, Bavaria, Germany

    Dr. Stephan Schleissing (Managing Director)

  2. Hochschule für Philosophie München, Munich, Germany

    Christian Dürnberger Mag.

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  1. Michigan State University Dept. Philosophy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Paul B. Thompson

  2. University of North Texas Dept. Philosophy & Religion Studies, Denton, Texas, USA

    David M. Kaplan

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Schleissing, S., Dürnberger, C. (2013). Institute Technology-Theology-Natural Sciences (TTN), Munich. In: Thompson, P., Kaplan, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_382-3

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