Title :
Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Phenomenological Approach
Author :
Troesch, Valorie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Humanities, Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
Abstract :
Two concerns dominate engineering ethics pedagogy. The first is that 21st century technologies present daunting ethical questions that require strong engagement with engineering ethics. The second is that engineering students don´t emotionally engage with the study of ethics - in short, they don´t care much about it. Instead, today´s engineering students are confident that technology itself will operate to resolve most ethical questions.
Keywords :
engineering education; ethical aspects; teaching; 21st century technologies; engineering ethics pedagogy; engineering students; ethical questions; phenomenological approach; teaching; Decision making; Engineering students; Ethics; Knowledge engineering; Privacy;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MTS.2015.2425615