Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note to Students
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- Part 1 Values and the Evaluation of Acts in Engineering
- Introduction to Ethical Reasoning and Engineer Ethics
- 1 Professional Practice in Engineering
- 2 Two Examples of Professional Behavior: Roger Boisjoly and William LeMessurier
- Part 2 Engineering Responsibility
- Part 3 Responsible Research Conduct
- Part 4 The Future of Engineering
- References
- Index
- References
Introduction to Ethical Reasoning and Engineer Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note to Students
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- Part 1 Values and the Evaluation of Acts in Engineering
- Introduction to Ethical Reasoning and Engineer Ethics
- 1 Professional Practice in Engineering
- 2 Two Examples of Professional Behavior: Roger Boisjoly and William LeMessurier
- Part 2 Engineering Responsibility
- Part 3 Responsible Research Conduct
- Part 4 The Future of Engineering
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
Ethics, Values, and Reason
What makes a good engineer and good engineering? What values underlie engineering practice today? Which of those values are specifically ethical values? What is the experience of living by those values and working in a society and in organizations that trust you to practice those values? How do these values reflect and affect the person you are and the person you become by practicing them?
This book will help you answer those questions. To answer them requires an understanding of values and value judgments in general and ethical values and ethical judgments in particular.
Societies, especially technologically developed democracies, place trust in professions and the members of professions, such as engineers (including computer professionals). In this book, we will examine what is entrusted to engineers (and computer professionals), together with the factors that created and continue to mold the expectations ingredient in that trust, and what is necessary for engineers and computer scientists to be worthy of that trust. We will consider morally significant problems that arise in engineering and computer fields, and what constitutes fulfilling the trust placed in those professionals. We will also examine the features of work environments that support the fulfillment of that trust.
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- Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research , pp. 3 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011