The social ascription of obligations to engineers

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-376

  Busby, J S ^a   Coeckelbergh, M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascribed ethics; Engineering; Moral imagination; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0141688132     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0033-x     Document Type: Article

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