- The name of the piece and the author
Ethics within Engineering: An Introduction by Robison, Wade L.
- A summary of who the author is (what is their area of expertise, how do you know you can trust them?)
Wade L. Robison is the Ezra A. Hale Professor of Applied Ethics at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, with a minor in law. He was a founding member of the International Hume Society and its President for sixteen years. He was the founding President of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. He directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on David Hume at Dartmouth in 1990 and has received several National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, such as a year-long fellowship in Political Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has published extensively in philosophy of law, David Hume, and practical and professional ethics. His book Decisions in Doubt: The Environment and Public Policy (University Press of New England, 1994) won the Nelson A. Rockefeller Prize in Social Science and Public Policy. The author is a trusted source due to his numerous degrees, books and extensive overall knowledge about Engineering Ethics.
- A summary of the most important content in the piece, minimum 200 words.
This source contains information about Engineering Ethics in great detail. It dives into the basic principles of Engineering Ethics and examines the ethical issues that could arise. Robinson goes into how engineering begins with a design problem and how ethics needs to be considered to create a successful solution. Any design problem leaves room for creativity and innovation, so the range of possible solutions in any particular design problem is endless. This source goes into why certain solutions are better than others in terms of the ethical standpoint. “Engineers have special obligations to take care not to cause unnecessary harms because they can cause a great deal of harm by virtue of being engineers and are best positioned to choose design solutions that minimize harm.” This book analyzes the balance of harm to good when innovating. Robison highlights moral values and uses real word examples to demonstrate his points. He touches on questions such as, where is the line drawn and is creating addictive apps ethical anymore? He addresses design problems and then goes on to bring up practical solutions to them. I will be using this source to uncover how responsible engineers and designers are for those addicted to social media.
- An MLA style citation
Robison, Wade L. Ethics within Engineering: an Introduction. Bloomsbury Academic, an Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
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