What Do We Mean by ‘Ethics’ in Engineering?
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Robert Silman
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Venice 2010 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 234-235 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2010 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137810796024358 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper will investigate some traditional ethical systems and their relevance to our every day practice of structural engineering. Ethics will be equated to responsibility, as the unprecedented demands of technology require. |
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| Keywords: |
responsibility technology philosophy ethics
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