Ethics, Technology, and Engineering
An Introduction
Published on 24. March 2011
376 pages
978-1-4443-9571-6 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring a wide range of international case studies, Ethics,Technology, and Engineering presents a unique and systematicapproach for engineering students to deal with the ethical issuesthat are increasingly inherent in engineering practice.
* Utilizes a systematic approach to ethical case analysis -- theethical cycle -- which features a wide range of real-lifeinternational case studies including the Challenger Space Shuttle,the Herald of Free Enterprise and biofuels.
* Covers a broad range of topics, including ethics in design,risks, responsibility, sustainability, and emergingtechnologies
* Can be used in conjunction with the online ethics tool Agora(http://www.ethicsandtechnology.com)
* Provides engineering students with a clear introduction to themain ethical theories
* Includes an extensive glossary with key terms
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"Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction is agenuine contribution to an already substantial literature on ethicsin the techno-lifeworld. Arising from within a world where humanslive more intensely integrated with and thoughtfully reliant ontechnology than anywhere else on the planet, this volumeconstitutes a new realization of historico-philosophicalpromise." --Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines "Ethics, Technology, and Engineering takes undergraduateeducation in engineering ethics to a new level. It shows whyengineers need to reflect seriously on ethics, and provides themwith the tools they need to do so. This is exactly what we need toteach ethics to engineers." --Sven Ove Hansson, Royal Institute ofTechnology, Sweden "Van de Poel and Royakkers have written a most comprehensive,up-to-date, and readable text. Their discussion of the differentgrounds for, and ways of framing, moral problems likely to beencountered in engineering covers all the bases; their illustrativecases, drawn in the main from contemporary practice, are treatedcircumspectly and will no doubt provoke the kind of open discussionof engineering decision-making they intend. It is the besttreatment of this subject geared toward the undergraduate I haveencountered." --Louis L. Bucciarelli, MITMore details
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Persons
Ibo van de Poel is Associate Professor in Ethics andTechnology at Delft University of Technology. He is an associateeditor of the Handbook of Philosophy of Technology and theEngineering Sciences (2009) and co-editor of Philosophy andEngineering (2010).
Lambèr Royakkers is Associate Professor in Ethics ofTechnology at Eindhoven University of Technology, and AssociateProfessor in Military Ethics at Netherlands Defense Academy. He isalso Project Leader of the research programme Moral Fitness ofMilitary Personnel in a Networked Environment, sponsored by theNetherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
Content
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1 The Responsibilities of Engineers.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Responsibility.
1.3 Passive Responsibility.
1.4 Active Responsibility and the Ideals of Engineers.
1.5 Engineers versus Managers.
1.6 The Social Context of Technological Development.
1.7 Chapter Summary.
2 Codes of Conduct.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Codes of Conduct.
2.3 Possibilities and Limitations of Codes of Conduct.
2.4 Codes of Conduct in an International Context.
2.5 Chapter Summary.
3 Normative Ethics.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Ethics and Morality.
3.3 Descriptive and Normative Judgments.
3.4 Points of Departure: Values, Norms, and Virtues.
3.5 Relativism and Absolutism.
3.6 Ethical Theories.
3.7 Utilitarianism.
3.8 Kantian Theory.
3.9 Virtue Ethics.
3.10 Care Ethics.
3.11 Applied Ethics.
3.12 Chapter Summary.
4 Normative Argumentation.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Valid Arguments.
4.3 Deductive and Non-Deductive Arguments.
4.4 Arguments in Ethical Theories.
4.5 Fallacies.
4.6 Chapter Summary.
5 The Ethical Cycle.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Ill-Structured Problems.
5.3 The Ethical Cycle.
5.4 An Example.
5.5 Collective Moral Deliberation and Social Arrangements.
5.6 Chapter Summary.
6 Ethical Questions in the Design of Technology.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Ethical Issues During the Design Process.
6.3 Trade-offs and Value Conflicts.
6.4 Regulatory Frameworks: Normal and Radical Design.
6.5 Chapter Summary.
7 Designing Morality (Peter-Paul Verbeek).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Ethics as a Matter of Things.
7.3 Technological Mediation.
7.4 Moralizing Technology.
7.5 Designing Mediations.
7.6 Chapter Summary.
8 Ethical Aspects of Technical Risks.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Definitions of Central Terms.
8.3 The Engineer's Responsibility for Safety.
8.4 Risk Assessment.
8.5 When are Risks Acceptable?
8.6 Risk Communication.
8.7 Dealing with Uncertainty and Ignorance.
8.8 Chapter Summary.
9 The Distribution of Responsibility in Engineering.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 The Problem of Many Hands.
9.3 Responsibility and the Law.
9.4 Responsibility in Organizations.
9.5 Responsibility Distributions and Technological Designs.
9.6 Chapter Summary.
10 Sustainability, Ethics, and Technology (MichielBrumsen).
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Environmental Ethics?
10.3 Environmental Problems.
10.4 Sustainable Development.
10.5 Can a Sustainable Society be Realized?
10.6 Engineers and Sustainability.
10.7 Chapter Summary.
Study Questions.
Discussion Questions.
Appendix I: Engineering Qualifications and Organizations in aNumber of Countries.
Appendix II: NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers.
Appendix III: FEANI Position Paper on Code of Conduct: Ethicsand Conduct of Professional Engineers.
Appendix IV: Shell Code of Conduct.
Appendix V: DSM Values and Whistle Blowing Policy.
Glossary.
References.
Index of Cases.
Index.
