Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Engineering is 'the people-serving profession'. The work of engineers involves interaction with clients, other engineers, and the public at large. More than any other profession, their work also directly involves and affects the environment. This book, first published in 1998, makes the case that engineers have special professional obligations to protect and enhance the environment, and the authors - one, an engineer and the other, a philosopher - seek to provide an ethical basis for these obligations. In exploring these ethical issues, the authors aim to show that engineers make a difference. The text opens with a series of case studies in which engineers face complex and challenging decisions about the environment. Succeeding chapters examine different ideas about environmental ethics for engineers, including professional codes and both modern and historical discussions of environmental responsibility. The book concludes with a collection of readings that complement the text. Students, as well as practising engineers, will find much of interest in this well-argued and thought-provoking book.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521581127

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment

Verlag

Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0521581125

ISBN-13

9780521581127

Einband

Buch

Zustand

Neu

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