Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases

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Cengage Learning, Jul 8, 2008 - Philosophy - 336 pages
Extend your students' analytical skills to moral deliberation with this bestselling engineering ethics text. Harris/Pritchard/Rabins' ENGINEERING ETHICS: CONCEPTS AND CASES, 4E bridges the gap between theory and practice with more than 100 current case studies available in the text and on the companion website, including current and controversial topics, such as Hurricane Katrina and global warming. The authors introduce a proven, structured methodology for analyzing these cases, as well as provide examples of cases that have already been analyzed, to ensure your students understand how to practice ethical engineering. The text also discusses and applies Engineering Codes of Ethics to a variety of situations. With this text's comprehensive coverage, students learn the importance of critical moral reasoning as the authors demonstrate how many apparent moral disagreements are actually disagreements about the facts or the definitions of crucial terms that can only be resolved through analysis. Significant topics, such as ethical theory and the consequences of whistle-blowing, are now extensively revised to provide more in-depth coverage. Throughout this edition, students see, first-hand, the importance of their actions as professionals, and learn how their actions can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. public.
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About the author (2008)

Charles E. "Ed" Harris Jr. received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University, where he also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and minored in Chemistry. Dr. Harris is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and the Sue and Harry Bovay Professor of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering, and he has participated in several research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Harris has published APPLYING MORAL THEORIES and numerous articles and book chapters--mostly in the area of ethics and engineering ethics. Michael S. Pritchard is Willard A. Brown Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University. His areas of teaching include ethics (theoretical and practical); the philosophies of David Hume, Adam Smith, and Thomas Reid; and the philosophical thinking of children. His publications are in the areas of ethical theory, practical and professional ethics, communication ethics, and philosophy for children. He is co-editor (with Elaine Englehardt) of TEACHING ETHICS, the official journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Michael J. Rabins was active in ASME and other volunteer organizations on engineering ethics issues. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, and ended his teaching career at Texas A&M University. He helped establish a course in engineering ethics in 1989 that is now required of all engineering majors. Professor Rabins died in 2007.

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