Ethics for Engineers
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-779804-1 (ISBN)
Ethics for Engineers offers a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to engineering ethics. Major ethical theories, professional codes of ethics, and case studies are included in a single volume that helps engineers better understand and address ethical issues in their profession. The presentation is balanced and fair, with numerous examples and about 100 review questions. All this makes the book suitable for courses designed to meet the ABET requirement for professional ethics, which is a mandatory requirement for all accredited engineering schools. (As of 2024, ABET accredits 4,674 engineering programs at 920 universities in 42 countries.)
Ethics for Engineers 2e includes 46 case studies, both classic and contemporary ones, each followed by discussion questions. The ethical issues in all cases are clearly articulated and analyzed from numerous perspectives.
Unlike most competing books, it includes detailed chapters on the major ethical theories and the methods of applied ethics, as well as a chapter on the history of engineering. The remaining chapters cover topics such as professional codes for engineers, whistleblowing, the problem of many hands, the ethics of risk and uncertainty, gifts, bribes, conflicts of interest, the ethics of cost benefit analysis, engineering and environmental ethics, privacy and computer ethics, ethical technology assessment, and the ethics of artifacts. With 18 chapters, Ethics for Engineers can be used for semester-long engineering ethics courses taught within philosophy departments or schools of engineering.
Martin Peterson is Professor of Philosophy and the Sue and Harry Bovay Professor of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering at Texas A&M University.
List of Cases
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. What Is Engineering Ethics?
1. Introduction
2. Professional Code of Ethics
3. A Brief History of Engineering
Part II. Ethical Theories and the Methods of Applied Ethics
4. A Methodical Toolbox
5 Utilitarianism and Ethical Egoism
6. Duties, Virtues, and Rights
Part III. Key Issues in Engineering Ethics
7. Whistleblowing: Should You Ever Break with Protocol?
8. The Problem of Many Hands: Who Is Responsible for Wrongdoing and Who Deserves Credit for Success?
9. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Do the Ends Justify the Means?
10. Risk and Uncertainty: How Safe Is Safe Enough?
11. Conflicts of Interest: When Is It Permissible to Influence the Actions of Others?
12. Privacy: What Is It and Why Should It Be Protected?
13. International Engineering: Is Engineering Ethics Local or Global?
Part IV. Engineering and Society
14. Technology Assessments and Social Experiments
15. A Critical Attitude to Technology
16. The Ethics of Artifacts
17. Artificial Intelligence: Should We Align AI with Our Moral Values?
18. Sustainability
Appendix A: Professional Codes of Ethics
Appendix B: Essay Questions
Glossary
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-779804-7 / 0197798047 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-779804-1 / 9780197798041 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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