Catalano, George D.
Engineering ethics : peace, justice, and the earth / George D. Catalano. - 1st ed. - [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006. - ix, 69 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #1. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67)
Introduction -- Engineering ethics -- Models of the Earth -- Engineering in a morally deep world -- Engineering design in a morally deep world -- Implications for engineering education -- Final thoughts.
"Engineering Ethics: Peace, Justice, and the Earth presents a response from the engineering profession to the challenges of security, poverty, and under-development, and environmental sustainability. Ethical codes, which govern the behavior of engineers, are examined from a historical perspective linking the prevailing codes to models of the natural world. A new ethical code based on a recently introduced model of Nature as an integral community is provided and discussed. Applications of the new code are described using a case study approach. With the ethical code based on an integral community in place, author George D. Catalano develops and explores a new design algorithm using case studies. He then considers the implications of the proposed changes in ethics and design on engineering education."--BOOK JACKET.
9781598293975 (pbk.) 1598290908 (pbk.)
Engineering ethics.
TA157 / .C38 2006
174.962 / CAT 2006
Engineering ethics : peace, justice, and the earth / George D. Catalano. - 1st ed. - [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006. - ix, 69 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #1. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67)
Introduction -- Engineering ethics -- Models of the Earth -- Engineering in a morally deep world -- Engineering design in a morally deep world -- Implications for engineering education -- Final thoughts.
"Engineering Ethics: Peace, Justice, and the Earth presents a response from the engineering profession to the challenges of security, poverty, and under-development, and environmental sustainability. Ethical codes, which govern the behavior of engineers, are examined from a historical perspective linking the prevailing codes to models of the natural world. A new ethical code based on a recently introduced model of Nature as an integral community is provided and discussed. Applications of the new code are described using a case study approach. With the ethical code based on an integral community in place, author George D. Catalano develops and explores a new design algorithm using case studies. He then considers the implications of the proposed changes in ethics and design on engineering education."--BOOK JACKET.
9781598293975 (pbk.) 1598290908 (pbk.)
Engineering ethics.
TA157 / .C38 2006
174.962 / CAT 2006