What Do We Teach to Engineering Students: Embedded Ethics, Morality, and Politics
Avigail Ferdman,
Emanuele Ratti
Abstract:In the past few years, calls for integrating ethics modules in engineering curricula have multiplied. Despite this positive trend, a number of issues with these ‘embedded’ programs remains. First, learning goals are underspecified. A second limitation is the conflation of different dimensions under the same banner, in particular confusion between ethics curricula geared towards addressing the ethics of individual conduct and curricula geared towards addressing ethics at the societal level. In this article, we … Show more
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