The good engineer: Giving virtue its due in engineering ethics

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-164

  Harris Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Professionalism; Rules; Technology; Virtues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CODES OF ETHICS; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VIRTUES;

EID: 44449116269     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9068-3     Document Type: Article

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