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Should Engineering Ethics be Taught?

Charles J. Abaté

Science and Engineering Ethics 17 (3):583-596 (2011)

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(1 other version)Democracy and Education.John Dewey - 1916 - Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Edited by Nicholas Tampio.details The distinguished author of books on psychology, ethics, and politics, John Dewey specialized in the philosophy of education. In this landmark work on public education, Dewey discusses methods of providing quality public education in a democratic society. First published close to 90 years ago, Democracy and Education sounded the call for a revolution in education, stressing growth, experience, and activity as factors that promote a democratic character in students and lead to the advancement of self and society. Unabridged reproduction of (...) the classic 1916 edition. (shrink) Download Export citation Bookmark 281 citations
Can instruction in engineering ethics change students' feelings about professional responsibility?Golnaz Hashemian & Michael C. Loui - 2010 - Science and Engineering Ethics 16 (1):201-215.details How can a course on engineering ethics affect an undergraduate student’s feelings of responsibility about moral problems? In this study, three groups of students were interviewed: six students who had completed a specific course on engineering ethics, six who had registered for the course but had not yet started it, and six who had not taken or registered for the course. Students were asked what they would do as the central character, an engineer, in each of two short cases that (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 12 citations
Ethics Across the Curriculum.Michael Davis - 1993 - Teaching Philosophy 16 (3):205-235.details Download Export citation Bookmark 6 citations
Teaching ethics to scientists and engineers: Moral agents and moral problems.Caroline Whitbeck - 1995 - Science and Engineering Ethics 1 (3):299-308.details In this paper I outline an “agent-centered” approach to learning ethics. The approach is “agent-centered” in that its central aim is to prepare students toact wisely and responsibly when faced with moral problems. The methods characteristic of this approach are suitable for integrating material on professional and research ethics into technical courses, as well as for free-standing ethics courses. The analogy I draw between ethical problems and design problems clarifies the character of ethical problems as they are experienced by those (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 29 citations
Analogical reasoning, psychology of.Dedre Gentner - 2003 - In Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Nature Publishing Group. pp. 106-12.details Download Export citation Bookmark 7 citations
Engineering ethics, individuals, and organizations.Michael Davis - 2006 - Science and Engineering Ethics 12 (2):223-231.details This article evaluates a family of criticism of how engineering ethics is now generally taught. The short version of the criticism might be put this way: Teachers of engineering ethics devote too much time to individual decisions and not enough time to social context. There are at least six version of this criticism, each corresponding to a specific subject omitted. Teachers of engineering ethics do not (it is said) teach enough about: 1) the culture of organizations; 2) the organization of (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 10 citations

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