Engineering Ethics by S.

Arunachalam,
SENSES OF ENGINEERING ETHICS

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 ETHICS AS AN ACTIVITY AND AREA OF
INQUIRY
 Ethics is the activity of understanding moral
values, resolving moral issues, and justifying
moral judgments

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Engineering Ethics by S.Arunachalam,
 Engineering ethics is the activity and discipline
aimed at understanding moral values that ought
to guide engineering practice, resolving moral
issues in engineering and justifying moral
judgments concerning engineering
ETHICS AS DISTINCTION BETWEEN MORAL AND
NON-MORAL PROBLEMS

 Contrast between moral question and questions

of a political, legal and artistic nature

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Engineering Ethics by S.Arunachalam,
 Engineering ethics is this sense would refer to
the set of specifically moral problems and issues
related to engineering
 MORALITY OF A GROUP
 Ethics describes the set of beliefs attitudes and
habits that a person or group displays concerning
morality
 Ethos - “Customs”

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 Mores - “Morals”

 Engineering ethics would be currently accepted

codes and standards of conduct by various groups
of engineers and engineering societies
 SYNONYM FOR MORALLY CORRECT
 Engineering ethics amounts to set of justified
moral principles of obligations, rights and ideals
that ought to be endorsed by those engaged in
engineering

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Engineering Ethics by S.Arunachalam,