By Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
This ebook makes a speciality of a key factor this present day: the position of values in know-how, with unique emphasis on moral values. This subject comprises the research of inner values in know-how (as they have an effect on targets, approaches, and results) and the learn of exterior values in expertise (social, cultural, monetary, ecological, etc.). those values — inner and exterior — are the most important to the choice making of engineers. additionally, they've got expanding relevance for voters all for the current and destiny kingdom of expertise, which provides society a number one place in technological concerns. The publication follows 3 major traces of analysis: 1) new views on know-how, values, and ethics; 2) rationality and accountability in know-how; and three) know-how and dangers. This quantity analyzes the 2 major facets concerned the following: the theoretical foundation for the position of values in expertise and a pragmatic dialogue on the way to enforce them in our society. therefore, the publication is of curiosity for philosophers, engineers, lecturers of alternative fields and policy-makers. the fashion used lends itself to large audience.
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According to him engineering practice is “captive to social determinants of technological action that selectively exploit engineering expertise, define the problems engineers are to address as the terms of acceptable solution …” (Goldman 1991, p. 121). Heinz Luegenbiehl has explicitly addressed the question whether a definition of engineering should “emphasize the requirement of engineering activity to benefit humanity” (Luegenbiehl 2010, p. 153) or should choose a more value-neutral approach. He opts for the latter option and defines engineering as “the transformation of the natural world, using scientific principles and mathematics, in order to achieve some desired practical end” (Luegenbiehl 2010, p.
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