Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists & Engineers
Price: 525.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195698480
Publication date:
24/09/2008
Paperback
286 pages
242.0x160.0mm
Price: 525.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195698480
Publication date:
24/09/2008
Paperback
286 pages
242.0x160.0mm
This textbook is intended for ethics courses in engineering and science. It can be used either in a one-credit-hour semester course or as a set of drop-in modules in a core engineering or science course.
Suitable for: This textbook is intended for ethics courses in engineering and science. It can be used either in a one-credit-hour semester course or as a set of drop-in modules in a core engineering or science course.
Rights: OUP USA (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Description
This textbook is intended for ethics courses in engineering and science. It can be used either in a one-credit-hour semester course or as a set of drop-in modules in a core engineering or science course. The text avoids a detailed treatment of the ins and outs of philosophical ethics -- a complex subject not needed for most ethical judgments. The approach to ethical problem solving used is one that focuses on analysing the consequences rather than ruels to be obeyed in making decisions. An Instructor's Manual will be available; it will offer a set of "cookbook" lectures to greatly reduce preparation time.
Table of contents
Preface
Unit I Foundational Principles
Chapter 1 Approaching the Subject of Ehtics
Chapter 2 The Person and the Virtues1
Chapter 3 Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps
Chapter 4 Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps
UNIT TWO: RESOLVING ETHICAL CONFLICTS
Chapter 5 Toward a Hierarchy of Moral Values
Chapter 6 Starting Moral Judgments: Evaluating Exterior Acts
Chapter 7 Completing Moral Judgments: the Decisive Role of Intention
Chapter 8 Moral Responsibility
UNIT THREE: JUSTICE: APPLICATIONS
Chapter 9 Truth: Person-to-Person
Chapter 10 Truth: Social
Chapter 11 Fairness: Person-to-Person
Chatper 12 Fairness: Social
UNIT FOUR: ADVANCED TOPICS
Chapter 13 Resource Allocation
Chapter 14 Risk
Chapter 15 Dealing with Differing Ethical Systems
Chapter 16 Habit and Intuition
Features
- Avoids heavy emphasis on complex philosophical ethics; uses a simple "virtue ethics" approach to analysis
- Homework problems and solutions are objective and easy to grade
- Offers numerous case studies, both real and fictional
- An Instructor's Manual is available with ready-made, easy-to-give lectures. The manual provides helpful hints on dealing with course management issues unique to ethics. Also included are factual "tidbits" that permit untrained faculty to confidently lecture without dryly teaching the book.
Description
This textbook is intended for ethics courses in engineering and science. It can be used either in a one-credit-hour semester course or as a set of drop-in modules in a core engineering or science course. The text avoids a detailed treatment of the ins and outs of philosophical ethics -- a complex subject not needed for most ethical judgments. The approach to ethical problem solving used is one that focuses on analysing the consequences rather than ruels to be obeyed in making decisions. An Instructor's Manual will be available; it will offer a set of "cookbook" lectures to greatly reduce preparation time.
Read MoreTable of contents
Preface
Unit I Foundational Principles
Chapter 1 Approaching the Subject of Ehtics
Chapter 2 The Person and the Virtues1
Chapter 3 Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps
Chapter 4 Analyzing Exterior Acts: Some First Steps
UNIT TWO: RESOLVING ETHICAL CONFLICTS
Chapter 5 Toward a Hierarchy of Moral Values
Chapter 6 Starting Moral Judgments: Evaluating Exterior Acts
Chapter 7 Completing Moral Judgments: the Decisive Role of Intention
Chapter 8 Moral Responsibility
UNIT THREE: JUSTICE: APPLICATIONS
Chapter 9 Truth: Person-to-Person
Chapter 10 Truth: Social
Chapter 11 Fairness: Person-to-Person
Chatper 12 Fairness: Social
UNIT FOUR: ADVANCED TOPICS
Chapter 13 Resource Allocation
Chapter 14 Risk
Chapter 15 Dealing with Differing Ethical Systems
Chapter 16 Habit and Intuition