Teaching ethics of care as part of engineering

摘要

Summary form only given as follows. Engineering ethics courseshave begun to find a place in many schools. Good textbooks and othermaterial are available for teaching these courses. Most of these presenta set of principles as a basis for engineering ethics and a number ofexamples and cases to have students think through ethical dilemmas. Thepredominant principles used as a basis for discussing these cases are:respect for persons, utility, justice, rights and duty. One dimension isnot covered by this traditional list is that of care. The idea of care,first enunciated by Carol Gilligan, has since been developed by variousphilosophers. In this paper, we explore two separate aspects ofengineering ethics education: (1) how do we add the dimension of care tothe set of values that are currently part of engineering ethics?; and(2) how do we incorporate values into all engineering courses so thatethics is an inherent part of the engineering student's education? Ourpresentation attempts to engage the audience in this exploration