Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research

Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-89797-6 - Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research: Second Edition Caroline Whitbeck Frontmatter More information

ETHICS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH Second Edition The first edition of Caroline Whitbeck’s Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research focused on the difficult ethical problems engineers encounter in their practice and in research. In many ways, these problems are like design problems: they are complex, and often ill defined; resolving them involves an iterative process of analysis and synthesis; and there can be more than one acceptable solution. In the second edition of this text, Dr. Whitbeck goes above and beyond by featuring more real-life problems, stating recent scenarios, and laying the foundation of ethical concepts and reasoning. This book offers a real-world, problem-centered approach to engineering ethics, using a rich collection of open-ended case studies to develop skill in recognizing and addressing ethical issues. Caroline Whitbeck is the Emerita Elmer G. Beamer–Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Whitbeck teaches in both the Philosophy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering departments. Her research spans numerous fields, such as philosophy, engineering, technology, medicine, and feminist philosophy. Dr. Whitbeck is currently the Director of The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science at the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Whitbeck has published numerous articles on bioethics and is the author of the first edition of Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research (1998, Cambridge University Press).

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