Engineering ethics education through a critical view: Some philosophical foundations
This chapter delves into the intricate relationships among engineering, technology, ethics, and morality, highlighting their interconnected nature as they shape and are shaped by individual and collective human existence. Exploring the profound philosophical and religious underpinnings that underlie ethical and moral contemplation, the chapter also introduces seven distinct ethical systems, emphasizing three non-Western paradigms: South American Buen Vivir, African Ubuntu, and Asian Confucianism. These ethical systems are examined in the context of their implications for technology and engineering. This exposition illuminates the significance of studying ethics and the philosophy of engineering or technology, particularly in using engineering to help marginalized individuals and communities empower and liberate themselves, fostering alternative social structures and existential meanings.
2-s2.0-85213117715
Universidade Federal de Sao Joao del-Rei
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2024-12-04
London
9781040183311
9781032678528
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