Changing the Paradigm for Engineering Ethics

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 985-1010

  Schmidt, Jon Alan ^a  

^a BURNS AND MCDONNELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Engineering ethics; Judgment; Material well being; Phronesis; Practice; Responsibility; Risk; Social performance; Technical rationality; Virtue ethics; Virtuous engineers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY;

CODES OF ETHICS; ENGINEERING; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; VIRTUES;

EID: 84912026439     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-013-9491-y     Document Type: Article

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