General & Miscellaneous Engineering, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, Philosophical & Religious Aspects of Technology, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Applied - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
"Ethics, Tools, and the Engineer describes and defines the roles of the engineer and tools in society today. It gets to the heart of the ethical issues that pertain to living in a rapidly changing world where the most preeminent changes result from the activity of engineers. It describes what a tool is, the benefits or dangers involved in using tools, and how tools are used by engineers. It also includes laws, guidelines, and the ways by which our society deals with these issues."--BOOK JACKET.Editorials
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Thoughtfully describes and defines the roles of the engineer and tools in society, examining ethical issues that pertain to living in a rapidly changing world. Describes the benefits and dangers involved in using tools, and examines laws, guidelines, and other ways our society deals with these issues. A beginning chapter looks at tools in history, and later chapters examine ethics and ethical systems, engineers as toolmakers and users, slippery slope arguments, control of tool use, and HAZOP. A final chapter applies HAZOP methods to ethical issues surrounding human cloning. Spier is affiliated with the University of Surrey. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
February 26, 2001
Publisher
Boca Raton, Fla. ; CRC Press, c2001.
Pages
320
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780849337406