The social nature of engineering and its implications for risk taking

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-168

  Ross, Allison ^a   Athanassoulis, Nafsika ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering ethics; Risk; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE EFFECT PRINCIPLE; ENGINEERING; ETHICAL THEORY; GOALS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENTION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; VIRTUES;

EID: 77949304498     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9125-6     Document Type: Article

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