Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

By: P. Arne Vesilin, Alastair S. Gunn (As told to)

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Hardcover | 6 July 1998

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Engineering is 'the people-serving profession'. The work of engineers involves interaction with clients, other engineers, and the public at large. More than any other profession, their work also directly involves and affects the environment. This book, first published in 1998, makes the case that engineers have special professional obligations to protect and enhance the environment, and the authors - one, an engineer and the other, a philosopher - seek to provide an ethical basis for these obligations. In exploring these ethical issues, the authors aim to show that engineers make a difference. The text opens with a series of case studies in which engineers face complex and challenging decisions about the environment. Succeeding chapters examine different ideas about environmental ethics for engineers, including professional codes and both modern and historical discussions of environmental responsibility. The book concludes with a collection of readings that complement the text. Students, as well as practising engineers, will find much of interest in this well-argued and thought-provoking book.

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'... this timely book will indeed provide a wealth of source material with which engineers and engineering students may wrestle to good effect.' Raymond Spier, Science and Engineering Ethics '... this is a well written, enjoyable and thought-provoking book which should be very valuable to engineers'. Paul Grad

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Social Impact of Environmental Issues Engineering & Technology Technology in General Engineering in General Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Environmental Science Science Science in General

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Published: 6th July 1998

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Preface

The problem of environmental ethics in engineering
Engineering as a people-serving profession
The search for environmental ethics in professional codes of ethics
The seach for environmental ethics by applying classical ethical theories
The search for environmental ethics by extending the moral community
The search for environmental ethics by appealing to spirituality
Incorporating environmental ethics into engineering

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