Ibo van de Poel, Lamber Royakkers

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Ethics, Technology, and Engineering (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

Beschreibung

Explore the moral and ethical issues which arise at the intersection of novel technology and engineering In Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful and thought-provoking exploration of some of the toughest ethical questions found at the crossroads of engineering and technology. The book demonstrates the skills necessary to effectively grapple with ethical issues that arise from the practice of engineering. The authors introduce the "ethical cycle," a unique and systematic approach to dealing with ethical problems. They utilize numerous real-life case studies from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to shed important light on the ethical issues that arise in the daily work of practicing engineers. They also provide a comprehensive overview of various ethical frameworks used in engineering, including utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, Ubuntu, and Confucianism. Readers will also find: * A thorough introduction to a practice-oriented approach to ethical decision-making in engineering * Comprehensive explorations of the "ethical cycle," an approach that encourages students to consider a diversity of ethical viewpoints and come to reasoned and justified judgments * Practical discussions of ethical issues in engineering design, technological risks, and moral responsibility * Treatments of sustainability and how it affects professionals working in engineering, as well as responsible innovation Perfect for engineers, technologists, and entrepreneurs, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction will also benefit businesspeople and founders interested in the ethical implications of a variety of fascinating new technologies.

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Autor

Ibo van de Poel is the Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in Ethics and Technology in the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology. His research is focused on the ethics of new technologies, design for values and responsible innovation. Lambèr Royakkers is a Professor in Ethics and Technology in the School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research is focused on the ethical issues of digitization. He is the co-author of Just Ordinary Robots.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Capstone
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119879459
• Artikelnr.: 68600216

Rezensionen

"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, MIT