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Engineering ethics : peace, justice, and the earth / George D. Catalano.

By: Catalano, George D. (George Dominic)Material type: TextTextSeries: Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #1.Publication details: [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 69 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781598293975 (pbk.); 1598290908 (pbk.)Subject(s): Engineering ethicsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Engineering ethics.DDC classification: 174.962 LOC classification: TA157 | .C38 2006Also issued online.
Contents:
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.
Review: "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.
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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.

Also issued online.

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