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James A. Stieb 《Science and engineering ethics》2011,17(1):149-169
Engineering societies such as the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) and associated entities have defined engineering
and professionalism in such a way as to require the benefit of humanity (NSPE 2009a, Engineering Education Resource Document. NSPE Position Statements. Governmental Relations). This requirement has been an
unnecessary and unfortunate “add-on.” The trend of the profession to favor the idea of requiring the benefit of humanity for professionalism violates an engineer’s rights. It applies political pressure that dissuades from inquiry, approaches
to new knowledge and technologies, and the presentation, publication, and use of designs and research findings. Moreover,
a more politically neutral definition of engineering and/or professionalism devoid of required service or benefit to mankind
does not violate adherence to strong ethical standards. 相似文献
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Stieb JA 《Science and engineering ethics》2009,15(1):11-18
It has been claimed that (1) computer professionals should be held responsible for an undisclosed list of “undesirable events”
associated with their work and (2) most if not all computer disasters can be avoided by truly understanding responsibility.
Commentators of “A Critique of Positive Responsibility in Computing” argue that this is not Donald Gotterbarn’s view (Gotterbarn,
JSEE 14(2):235–239, 2008) but that a critique of the view nevertheless raises significant moral issues within computing such
as the ethical goals of a computing profession, the appropriate ethical stance toward bugs, and the public good with respect
to computing (Miller, JSEE 14(2):245–249, 2008). Commentators also argue that “A Critique”’s “profitable misreading” demonstrates
the “moral ecology” of organizations “dedicated narrowly to financial success” and that other “moral ecologies” that are customer
or quality driven can be shown to be more important or preeminent (Huff, JSEE 14(2):241–244, 2008). It is argued here that
(1) the hyper-inflated reading of Gotterbarn’s and Ladd’s views on positive responsibility persists despite Gotterbarn’s explicit
rejection of it, and that (2) such a reading of positive responsibility cannot be placed within a single moral ecology, nor
can a single moral ecology be shown to be any more important or preeminent than others.
Stieb, J. A. (2008). A critique of positive responsibility in computing. Science and Engineering Ethics,
14(2), 219–233. 相似文献
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James A. Stieb 《Metaphilosophy》2005,36(3):272-294
Abstract: This article argues that we can and should recognize the mind dependence, epistemic dependence, and social dependence of theories of mind‐independent reality, as opposed to Rorty, who thinks not even a constructivist theory of mind‐independent reality can be had. It accuses Rorty of creating an equivocation or “dualism of scheme and content” between causation and justification based on various “Davidsonian” irrelevancies, not to be confused with the actual Davidson. These include the Principle of Charity, the attack against conceptual schemes, the linguistification of social practice, intersubjectivism, and causal naturalism. It follows that realists and constructivists need neither follow Rorty's mischaracterizations nor succumb to his internal paradoxes. 相似文献
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A Critique of Positive Responsibility in Computing 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Stieb JA 《Science and engineering ethics》2008,14(2):219-233
It has been claimed that (1) computer professionals should be held responsible for an undisclosed list of "undesirable events" associated with their work and (2) most if not all computer disasters can be avoided by truly understanding responsibility. Programmers, software developers, and other computer professionals should be defended against such vague, counterproductive, and impossible ideals because these imply the mandatory satisfaction of social needs and the equation of ethics with a kind of altruism. The concept of social needs is debatable with no one possessing the authority to impose their version of them. Similarly, the notion of "positive responsibility" is difficult to apply, does not effectively change computing practice, and confuses good (i.e., efficient) computer engineering with good (i.e. moral) computer engineering. 相似文献
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On “Bettering Humanity” in Science and Engineering Education 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Stieb JA 《Science and engineering ethics》2007,13(2):265-273
Authors such as Krishnasamy Selvan argue that "all human endeavors including engineering and science" have a single primary objective: "bettering humanity." They favor discussing "the history of science and measurement uncertainty." This paper respectfully disagrees and argues that "human endeavors including engineering and science" should not pursue "bettering humanity" as their primary objective. Instead these efforts should first pursue individual betterment. One cannot better humanity without knowing what that means. However, there is no one unified theory of what is to the betterment of humanity. Simultaneously, there is no one field (neither science, nor engineering, nor philosophy) entitled to rule univocally. Perhaps if theorists tended their own gardens, the common weal would be tended thereby. 相似文献
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