Responsibility Ascriptions in Technology Development and Engineering: Three Perspectives

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-90

  Doorn, Neelke ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Efficacy; Engineering practice; Fairness; Informed consent; Liability; No harm principle; Responsibility; Technological risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; SEWAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84856700584     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9189-3     Document Type: Article

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