Fundamentals of ethics for scientists and engineers / Edmund G. Seebauer, Robert L. Barry.

By:

Seebauer, Edmund Gerard

Contributor(s):

Barry, Robert Laurence

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: xvi, 269 pages. ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0195134885

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

174.95 21 S.E.F

Online resources:

Abstract

Contents:

Unit I. Foundational Principles -- 1. Approaching the Subject of Ehtics -- 1. An example -- 2. The importance of ethics in science and engineering -- 3. Managing ethical discussion -- 4. Philosophy, religion, and ethics -- 5. The existence of right and wrong -- 6. The subject of moral analysis -- 7. The role of codes of ethics -- 8. Real-life Case: Destruction of the Spaceship (Challenger) -- 2. The Person and the Virtues -- 1. Developing a model for the person -- 2. Components of the psyche -- 3. Limitations of the model -- 4. Habits and morals -- 5. The four main virtues -- 6. An example -- 7. A Real-life Case -- 3. Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps -- 1. Ethics as a craft -- 2. Disinguishing exterior and interior morality -- 3. Beginning case analysis -- 4. Event trees -- 5. A Real-life Case: Dow Corning Corp. and Breast Implant -- 4. Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps -- 1. Describing intention -- 2. The importance of intention -- 3. Effort and virtues -- 4. The role of benevolence -- 5. A Real-life Case: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment -- 6. Summary of Unit 1 -- 7. Some Words of Caution -- Unit 2. Resolving Ethical Conflicts -- 5. Toward a Hierarchy of Moral Values -- 1. On selecting principles and methods -- 2. Hierarchies of values: moral and nonmoral -- 3. Linedrawing -- 4. Mathematical analogies -- 5. Ranking the virtues -- 6. A Real-life Case: Scientific Tests using Animals -- 6. Starting Moral Judgments: Evaluating Exterior Acts -- 1. A mathematical analogy -- 2. An example -- 3. A Real-life Case: Chemical Disaster at Bhopal -- 7. Completing Moral Judgments: the Decisive Role of Intention -- 1. Evaluating interior goodness -- 2. An example -- 3. Balancing interior and exterior goodness -- 4. The "Solomon problem" -- 5. Cooperating in the evil of others -- 6. A Real-lfe Case: The Problem of Performance Evaluation -- Grade Inflation -- 8. Moral Responsibility -- 1. Factors limiting moral responsibility -- 2. Degrees of responsibility -- 3. An example -- 4. The "sainthood" and "devil" problems -- 5. A Real-life Case: Responsibility in Software Engineering -- 6. Summary of Unit 2 -- 7. Some words of caution -- Unit 3. Justice: Applications -- 9. Truth: Person-to-Person -- 1. Truth in actions -- 2. Truth in words -- 3. Harm from deception -- 4. Harm from withholding truth -- 5. Whistleblowing -- 6. Harm from spreading truth -- 7. Privacy -- 8. A Real-lfe Case: Censorship of the Internet -- 10. Truth: Social -- 1. Distinctions between science and engineering -- 2. Approach to knowledge in science -- 3. Recognition from scientific publication -- 4. Black and gray in scientific practice -- 5. Approach to knowledge in technology -- 6. Intellectual property -- 7. A Real-lfe Case: Copying Music Illegally using Internet -- 11. Fairness: Person-to-Person -- 1. Finding the fairest solution -- 2. Conflict of internet -- 3. Qualitative vs. quantitative fairness -- 4. Credit or blame in team projects -- 5. Authorship questions -- 6. Fairness in supervising -- 7. Fairness in contracting with clients -- 8. A Real-life Case: Problems with Peer Review -- 1. Intellectual property and the society -- 2. Environmental issues -- 3. Experts and paternalism -- 4. Social aspects of employment -- 5. A Real-life Case: Environmental Cleanup -- Problems with the Superfund -- 6. Summary of Unit 3 -- 7. Some words of caution --

Unit 4. Advanced Topics -- 13. Resource Allocation -- 1. What is resource allocation? -- 2. Allocation by merit -- 3. Allocation by social worth -- 4. Allocation by need -- 5. Allocation by ability to pay -- 6. Allocation by equal or random assignment -- 7. Allocation by similarity -- 8. How to decide among methods -- 9. A Real-life Case: Ethical Issues in Affirmative Action -- 14. Risk -- 1. A historical perspective -- 2. Defining safety and risk -- 3. Evaluating risk -- 4. Making decisions about risk -- 5. Some general guidelines -- 6. A Real-life Case: Experimental Drug Testing in Humans -- 15. Dealing with Differing Ethical Systems -- 1. Differing anthropologies -- 2. Differing principles and methods -- 3. Monism and relativism -- 4. Postmodernism -- 5. True pluralism -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. A Real-life Case: Geological Experiments in Sacred Mountains -- 16. Habit and Intuition -- 1. Rationalist approaches to moral action -- 2. Advantages of rationalist approaches -- 3. Problems with rationalist approaches -- 4. Toward a more comprehensive approach to moral behavior -- 5. A Real-life Case -- 6. Summary of Unit 4 -- 7. Some words of caution.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A3	174.95 S.E.F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00004607

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I. Foundational Principles --
1. Approaching the Subject of Ehtics --
1. An example --
2. The importance of ethics in science and engineering --
3. Managing ethical discussion --
4. Philosophy, religion, and ethics --
5. The existence of right and wrong --
6. The subject of moral analysis --
7. The role of codes of ethics --
8. Real-life Case: Destruction of the Spaceship (Challenger) --
2. The Person and the Virtues --
1. Developing a model for the person --
2. Components of the psyche --
3. Limitations of the model --
4. Habits and morals --
5. The four main virtues --
6. An example --
7. A Real-life Case --
3. Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps --
1. Ethics as a craft --
2. Disinguishing exterior and interior morality --
3. Beginning case analysis --
4. Event trees --
5. A Real-life Case: Dow Corning Corp. and Breast Implant --
4. Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps --
1. Describing intention --
2. The importance of intention --
3. Effort and virtues --
4. The role of benevolence --
5. A Real-life Case: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment --
6. Summary of Unit 1 --
7. Some Words of Caution --
Unit 2. Resolving Ethical Conflicts --
5. Toward a Hierarchy of Moral Values --
1. On selecting principles and methods --
2. Hierarchies of values: moral and nonmoral --
3. Linedrawing --
4. Mathematical analogies --
5. Ranking the virtues --
6. A Real-life Case: Scientific Tests using Animals --
6. Starting Moral Judgments: Evaluating Exterior Acts --
1. A mathematical analogy --
2. An example --
3. A Real-life Case: Chemical Disaster at Bhopal --
7. Completing Moral Judgments: the Decisive Role of Intention --
1. Evaluating interior goodness --
2. An example --
3. Balancing interior and exterior goodness --
4. The "Solomon problem" --
5. Cooperating in the evil of others --
6. A Real-lfe Case: The Problem of Performance Evaluation --
Grade Inflation --
8. Moral Responsibility --
1. Factors limiting moral responsibility --
2. Degrees of responsibility --
3. An example --
4. The "sainthood" and "devil" problems --
5. A Real-life Case: Responsibility in Software Engineering --
6. Summary of Unit 2 --
7. Some words of caution --
Unit 3. Justice: Applications --
9. Truth: Person-to-Person --
1. Truth in actions --
2. Truth in words --
3. Harm from deception --
4. Harm from withholding truth --
5. Whistleblowing --
6. Harm from spreading truth --
7. Privacy --
8. A Real-lfe Case: Censorship of the Internet --
10. Truth: Social --
1. Distinctions between science and engineering --
2. Approach to knowledge in science --
3. Recognition from scientific publication --
4. Black and gray in scientific practice --
5. Approach to knowledge in technology --
6. Intellectual property --
7. A Real-lfe Case: Copying Music Illegally using Internet --
11. Fairness: Person-to-Person --
1. Finding the fairest solution --
2. Conflict of internet --
3. Qualitative vs. quantitative fairness --
4. Credit or blame in team projects --
5. Authorship questions --
6. Fairness in supervising --
7. Fairness in contracting with clients --
8. A Real-life Case: Problems with Peer Review --
1. Intellectual property and the society --
2. Environmental issues --
3. Experts and paternalism --
4. Social aspects of employment --
5. A Real-life Case: Environmental Cleanup --
Problems with the Superfund --
6. Summary of Unit 3 --
7. Some words of caution --

Unit 4. Advanced Topics --
13. Resource Allocation --
1. What is resource allocation? --
2. Allocation by merit --
3. Allocation by social worth --
4. Allocation by need --
5. Allocation by ability to pay --
6. Allocation by equal or random assignment --
7. Allocation by similarity --
8. How to decide among methods --
9. A Real-life Case: Ethical Issues in Affirmative Action --
14. Risk --
1. A historical perspective --
2. Defining safety and risk --
3. Evaluating risk --
4. Making decisions about risk --
5. Some general guidelines --
6. A Real-life Case: Experimental Drug Testing in Humans --
15. Dealing with Differing Ethical Systems --
1. Differing anthropologies --
2. Differing principles and methods --
3. Monism and relativism --
4. Postmodernism --
5. True pluralism --
6. Conclusion --
7. A Real-life Case: Geological Experiments in Sacred Mountains --
16. Habit and Intuition --
1. Rationalist approaches to moral action --
2. Advantages of rationalist approaches --
3. Problems with rationalist approaches --
4. Toward a more comprehensive approach to moral behavior --
5. A Real-life Case --
6. Summary of Unit 4 --
7. Some words of caution.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.