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Ethics Within Engineering - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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Ethics Within Engineering - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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Engineering begins with a design problem: how to make occupants of
vehicles safer, settle on an inter-face for an x-ray machine or
create more legible road signs. In choosing any particular
solution, engineers must make value choices. By focusing on the
solving of these problems, Ethics Within Engineering shows how
ethics is at the intellectual core of engineering. Built around a
number of engaging case studies, Wade Robison presents real
examples of engineering problems that everyone, engineer or not,
will recognize, ranging from such simple artifacts as toasters and
the layout of burners and knobs on a stove top to the software
responsible for the Columbia airliner crash. The most dramatic
examples center on error-provocative designs: designs that provoke
mistakes for even the most intelligent, well-informed, and highly
motivated. These examples all raise ethical issues, posing
questions for the reader, forcing the give-and-take of discussion
in classrooms and the consideration of alternative solutions that
solve the original design problem without the unfortunate features
of the original solution. This original, focused approach provides
an ideal entry point for anyone looking to better understand
professional ethical responsibilities within engineering.
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