Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Case Study Approach, Michael Pritchard
Feb 2016
Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Case Study Approach, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract provided.
Moral Machines?, Michael Pritchard
Dec 2010
Moral Machines?, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen’s Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong (Oxford University Press, 2009) explores efforts to develop machines that, not only can be employed for good or bad ends, but which themselves can be held morally accountable for what they do—artificial moral agents(AMAs). This essay is a critical response to Wallach and Allen’s conjectures. Although Wallach and Allen do not suggest that we are close to being able to create full-fledged AMAs, they do talk seriously about making incremental progress in the direction of creating them (even if we never fully succeed). However, there are …
Service-Learning And Engineering Ethics, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1999
Service-Learning And Engineering Ethics, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
This paper explores ways in which service-learning programs can enhance ethics education in engineering. Service-learning programs combine volunteer work and academic study. The National Society for Professional Engineers (NSPE) and American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) codes of ethics explicitly encourage engineers to seek opportunities, beyond their work-related responsibilities, to serve their communities. Examples of how this can be encouraged as a part of the educational experiences of engineering students are explored.
Calvin: How good do you have to be to qualify as good? I haven’t killed anybody. See, that’s good, right? I haven’t committed any felonics. I didn’t start …
A Case Study “The Concrete Sumo” Exigent Decision-Making In Engineering, Michael Pritchard
Nov 1999
A Case Study “The Concrete Sumo” Exigent Decision-Making In Engineering, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available
Kohlbergian Contributions To Educational Programs For The Moral Development Of Professionals, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1998
Kohlbergian Contributions To Educational Programs For The Moral Development Of Professionals, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
This paper discusses the contributions of Lawrence Kohlberg to the teaching of professional ethics. While rejecting Kohlberg's view that the most advanced stages of moral development must embrace utilitarian or Kantian principles, it agrees with Rest and others that postconventional reasoning is essential for professional ethics. However, it raises questions about how differentiations between conventional and postconventional reasoning can reliably be made. Finally, it suggests areas of psychological research other than moral reasoning that would contribute to the teaching of professional ethics.
Bribery: The Concept, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1997
Bribery: The Concept, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
The aim of this paper is to clarify the concept of bribery, and to do this in a way that reveals its underlying normative features. Bribery, like lying is not a value neutral concept. It has a negative connotation and is regarded by most as generally, although not necessarily universally, wrong. At the very least, those who resort to bribery bear a burden of justification for what they do. This is no small point, as no such burden must be borne for the vast majority of human activities, such as engaging in conversation or taking a walk, which normally …
Professional Responsibility: Focusing On The Exemplary, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1997
Professional Responsibility: Focusing On The Exemplary, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
The literature on ethics in science and engineering tends to dwell on the negative, emphasizing disasters, scandals, and problems of wrongdoing in everyday practice. This paper shifts to the positive, focusing on the exemplary. After outlining different possible conceptions of responsibility (ranging from a minimalist view of “staying out of trouble” to “going above and beyond the call of duty”), the paper discusses the importance of certain virtues for scientists and engineers. Finally, a broad range of examples of exemplary practice is offered.
Commentary On Michael Davis, “Better Communication Between Engineers And Managers,”, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1996
Commentary On Michael Davis, “Better Communication Between Engineers And Managers,”, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Responsible Engineering: Gilbane Gold Revisited, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1996
Responsible Engineering: Gilbane Gold Revisited, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
This paper addresses several concerns in teaching engineering ethics. First, there is the problem of finding space within already crowded engineering curricula for meaningful discussions of ethical dimensions in engineering. Some engineering programs may offer entire courses on engineering ethics; however, most do not at present and may not in the foreseeable future. A promising possibility is to weave ethics into already existing courses using case studies, but most current case studies are not well integrated with engineering technical analysis. There is a danger that case studies will be viewed by both instructors and students as departures from “business as …
Teaching Engineering Ethics: Why? What? Where? When?, Michael Pritchard, C.E. Harris, Michael Rabins
Mar 1996
Teaching Engineering Ethics: Why? What? Where? When?, Michael Pritchard, C.E. Harris, Michael Rabins
Michael Pritchard
Engineering ethics is professional ethics, as opposed to personal morality. It sets the standards for professional practice, and is only learned in a professional school or in professional practice. It is an essential part of professional education because it helps students deal with issues they will face in professional practice. The best way to teach engineering ethics is by using cases—not just the disaster cases that make the news, but the kinds of cases that an engineer is more likely to encounter. Many cases are available, and there are methods for analyzing them. Engineering ethics can be taught in a …
Communication In High Risk Technologies, Michael Pritchard, James Jaksa
Dec 1995
Communication In High Risk Technologies, Michael Pritchard, James Jaksa
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Review: Deborah Johnson, Ed., Ethical Issues In Engineering, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1992
Review: Deborah Johnson, Ed., Ethical Issues In Engineering, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Preparing Professionals For Ethical Responsibilities: The Role Of Universities, Michael Pritchard, Michael Rabins
Dec 1991
Preparing Professionals For Ethical Responsibilities: The Role Of Universities, Michael Pritchard, Michael Rabins
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Case Study Approach, Michael Pritchard
Oct 1990
Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Case Study Approach, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Ethics, Engineering, And The Examined Life: Educational Goals For Technical Schools, Michael Pritchard
Nov 1987
Ethics, Engineering, And The Examined Life: Educational Goals For Technical Schools, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Review: Robert Baum, Ethics And The Engineering Curriculum, Michael Pritchard
Dec 1981
Review: Robert Baum, Ethics And The Engineering Curriculum, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
Moral Reasoning And Engineering, Michael Pritchard
Aug 1980
Moral Reasoning And Engineering, Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
No abstract available.
