书目名称 | Engineering Ethics | 副标题 | Outline of an Aspira | 编辑 | W. Richard Bowen | 视频video | | 概述 | Provides engineers with an inspiring view of the overall ethical direction of their profession in a way that has direct practical outcomes for their work practices.Includes supplementary material: | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Around the turn of the millennium, a young woman with outstanding academic achievements in science and mathematics applied to study engineering at a Eu- pean university. She had chosen to study engineering particularly because of the opportunities she expected it would give her to make a contribution to the well- ing of others. It happened that the university engineering department to which she applied had just been involved in the design of a vehicle for a world speed record attempt. When the young woman visited the university for interview this “triumph of technology” was presented as being a quintessential example of good engine- ing. However, though it was clear to her that the vehicle was technically ing- ious, she also recognised that it was of no practical use. She concluded that she had misunderstood the nature of engineering, and still wishing to help others she changed her plans and studied medicine, at which she assuredly excelled. This young woman’s change of career was undoubtedly a specific loss for en- neering. Additionally, it had a broader, tragic dimension; for her understanding of the purpose of engineering was more mature than that of the academics she - counter | 出版日期 | Book 2009 | 关键词 | Education; Engineering; Ethics; Norm; Philosophy; Policy; SRUK; development | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-224-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-84996-828-7 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-84882-224-5 | copyright | Springer-Verlag London 2009 |
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