
By Design
Ethics, Theology, and the Practice of Engineering
Brad J. Kallenberg(Author)
James Clarke & Co Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 26. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
326 pages
978-0-227-17417-3 (ISBN)
Description
Both engineering and human living take place in a messy world, one chock full of unknowns and contingencies.
Reviews / Votes
[...]an inspiring vision for how engineering can be understood as a Christian vocation, so long as its particular practice serves both moral means and ends. This book is intended first for wellread engineering undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty, but also for students of theology and ethics who are interested in a creative and helpful interdisciplinary project.J David Moser, Theological Book Review, volume 26, no 1, 2014
Kallenberg is to be commended for seeking to write a substantial account of engineering ethics from a Christian perspective. He has clearly understood important aspects of engineering thinking and linked them well to ethical thinking. Much philosophical and theological scholarship underlies the text. Several of the approaches adopted are innovative and have significant potential for further development. Especially welcome is the emphasis on approaches that stimulate the ethical imagination...Professional engineers with a particular interest in ethics will find the book interesting. Wider dissemination and discussion of the book's account of professional ethical codes could be of great benefit to the development of the profession.
W. Richard Bowen, Studies in Christian Ethics, Volume 27.3
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
484 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-227-17417-3 (9780227174173)
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12/2013
James Clarke & Co Ltd
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Person
Brad J. Kallenberg is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton, Ohio.
Content
books about engineering design cannot have ideal solutions printed in the back in the same way that mathematics textbooks can. Design reasoning does not produce a single