Ethics within engineering : an introduction /
Engineering begins with a desgin problem, how to make occupants of vehicles safer, settle on an inter-face for an x-ray machine, or create more legible road signs. In choosing any particular solution, engineers must make value choices. By focusing on the solving of these problems, Ethics Within Engi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
[2017]
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| Summary: | Engineering begins with a desgin problem, how to make occupants of vehicles safer, settle on an inter-face for an x-ray machine, or create more legible road signs. In choosing any particular solution, engineers must make value choices. By focusing on the solving of these problems, Ethics Within Engineering: An Introduction shows how ethics is at the intellectual core of engineering. Built around a number of engaging case studies, it presents real examples of engineering problems that everyone, engineer or not, will recognize, ranging from such simple artifacts as toasters and the layout of burners and knobs on a stove top to the software responsible for the Colombia airliner crash. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474286053 1474286054 |