Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Vesilind, P. Aarne; Gunn, Alastair S.

ISBN 10: 0521581125 / ISBN 13: 9780521581127

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Title: Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

This book makes the case that engineers have special professional obligations to protect and enhance the environment, and the authors--one an engineer and the other a philospher-- seek to provide an ethical basis for these obligations. In exploring these ethical issues, the authors aim to show that engineers make a difference. The text opens with a series of case studies in which engineers face complex and challenging decisions about the environment. Succeeding chapters examine different ideas about environmental ethics for engineers, including professional codes and both modern and historical discussions of environmental responsibility. The book concludes with a collection of readings that complement the text. Students, as well as practicing engineers, will find much of interest in this well-argued and thought-provoking book.

Book Description:

More than any other profession, the work of engineers directly involves and affects the environment. This book considers the professional obligations of engineers to protect the environment and seeks to provide an ethical basis for these obligations. The text opens with a series of case studies in which engineers face complex decisions about the environment. Succeeding chapters examine different ideas about environmental ethics for engineers, including professional codes and both modern and historical discussions of environmental responsibility. The book concludes with a collection of readings that complement the text.