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At the dawn of Europe, an extraordinary Greek philosopher-engineer—biologist named Aristotle strove to develop a code that the good person could live by. Aristotle’s concepts have much resonance with us today. Although there are differences in the way in which we perceive things, basically we all share the same aspirations and needs.
This new edition will be of value to the globally-focused engineer and scientist; it includes case studies from both developed and developing nations to help students and practitioners unravel the complexities of ethical practice in the 21st Century. It is testament to the global and indefatigable nature of our scientific community that 2,300 years after Aristotle, we might derive the same conclusions as he did.
Morals, ethics and values
Morals
Moral actions
Ethics
Professions
Engineering and science
Values
Relativity and ethics
A special case for Indigenous peoples
Shared values
Morality and conflict
Conflict in resource management
Resolution of moral conflict
Codes of ethics
The Hippocratic Oath
Engineering ethics
The 4 Es
Moral theory
Aristotle and virtue ethics
Egoism
Utilitarianism
Deontology
Contractarian ethics
Tragedy of the Commons
Existentialism
Anti-technology
Ethics in practice
Case studies
Wind farm v parrot
The reference
The new graduate
West Coast coal
Research ethics
Scientific fraud
Ethics education research
Ethical exemplars
Galapagos Islands
Dimethylmercury or CO2?
Iron Gates subdivision
Engineering, sustainability and equity
Water and equity (Victoria)
Water and equity (Spain)
Patenting human DNA
Epilogue
Ethics and reality
Appendix (Ethische Ingenieurverantwortung)
Selected References
Index