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Professional Engineering Ethics
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Morality and Ethics
Concerns the goodness of voluntary human conduct that affects the self or other living things
Morality (Latin mores) usually refers to any aspect of human action
Ethics (Greek ethos) commonly refers only to professional behavior
Why study ethics?
When students enter the professional world, they will be expected to follow an explicit or implicit ethical code.
To responsibly confront moral issues raised by technological activity
How to deal with ethical dilemmas in their professional lives?
To achieve moral autonomy
Moral Dilemmas
Situations in which two or more moral obligations, duties, rights, or ideals come into conflict.
To resolve we must identify the factors, gather facts, rank moral considerations, consider alternative courses of actions, and arrive at a judgement.
What Is Ethics?
Ethics refers to standards of conduct . . . that indicate how one should behave based on . . .principles of right and wrong. As a practical matter, ethics is about how we meet the challenge of doing the right thing
Moral Autonomy
Autonomous individuals think for themselves and do not assume that customs are always right.
They seek to reason and live by general principles.
Their motivation is to do what is morally reasonable for its own sake, maintaining integrity, self-respect, and respect for others.
The Existence of Right and Wrong
Principle: Certain aspects of right and wrong exist objectively, independent of culture or personal opinion.
Accepting this principle is essential for ethics to discern an objective reality rather than just define a subjective standard.
The Four Main Virtues
Prudence (mind): to think about a moral problem clearly and completely
Temperance (emotions): control attraction to positive emotions
Fortitude (emotions): control aversion for negative emotions
Justice (will): choose according to truth and fairness.