Ethics, tools and the engineer:
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Contents
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 Beginnings 9
1.1 Tools in history 9
1.1.1 The prehominid era 9
1.2 Making stone tools 14
1.2.1 Tools have downsides 17
1.3 Humans turn to fire 18
1.4 One tool leads to another: the birth of language 21
1.4.1 A view as to how language might have begun 22
1.5 Tools at the dawn of history 27
1.6 Putting it in writing 30
1.7 Money and metals 33
1.8 Humans acquire power 36
1.9 Tools and intentionality 42
1.10 Summary 43
References 44
Chapter 2 What is/are ethics? 47
2.1 Ethics: the word 47
2.1.1 Ethics as hypotheses or "best guesses"
(absolute and relative ethics) 52
2.1.2 Ethics as the set point in a control system modulating
human behavior 54
2.1.3 Ethics and values 56
2.2 Ethics in history 56
2.3 Ethics in practice: normative and metaethics 60
2.3.1 Toward a well founded metaethics 61
2.3.2 The issue of determinism and free will 64
2.3.3 What about responsibility? 68
2.3.4 The "is ought" question 69
2.3.5 Descriptive ethics 71
2.4 Ethical systems 73
2.4.1 Ethical systems compared 87
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2.5 Resolving ethical conflicts 90
2.6 Teaching and learning ethics 93
2.6.1 The early years 93
2.6.2 Growing up 94
2.6.3 Influential bodies 96
2.6.4 Ethics and science and engineering courses at the
tertiary level of education 97
2.7 Ethics experts? 100
2.8 Summary 100
References 101
Chapter 3 Engineers as toolmakers and users 105
3.1 Defining an engineer 106
3.1.1 The fourfold way 108
3.1.1.1 The need to use and acquire knowledge 109
3.1.1.2 Achieving the practical 115
3.1.1.3 Being a genius 117
3.1.1.4 The ethics component 119
3.1.1.4.1 The process of doing science can
cause ethical concerns 120
3.1.1.4.2 Fabrication and falsification of data . 121
3.1.1.4.3 Plagiarism 121
3.1.1.4.4 Data selection, manipulation,
and management 121
3.1.1.4.5 Conflict of interest 122
3.1.1.4.6 Authorship issues 124
3.1.1.4.7 Mentoring issues 124
3.1.1.4.8 Peer review: misconduct/theft 125
3.1.1.4.9 Safety issues 126
3.1.1.4.10 Engineering processes can cause
ethical concerns 126
3.1.1.4.11 Whistle blowing 126
3.1.1.4.12 Conflicts of interest in engineering 128
3.1.1.4.13 Durability and safety 129
3.1.1.4.14 Honesty and confidentiality 129
3.1.1.4.15 Codes of practice 130
3.1.1.4.16 Engineered products that generate
ethical issues 132
3.1.1.4.17 The nuclear industry 133
3.1.1.4.18 The chemical industry 135
3.1.1.4.19 The transportation industry 139
3.1.1.4.20 Biotechnology 140
3.1.1.4.21 Information technology 148
3.1.1.4.22 The environment 160
3.1.1.4.23 Domestic appliances and lifestyle
changes 175
Contents xiii
3.2 Engineers make and use tools 178
References 181
Appendix 184
Chapter 4 Managing slippery slope arguments 191
4.1. Slippery slope anatomy 193
4.2 Slide control 195
4.3 Slopes and tools 198
References 199
Chapter 5 Control of tool use 201
5.1 On the different kinds of laws 201
5.1.1 Health and safety at work regulations 203
5.1.1.1 Risk assessment 203
5.1.1.2 Implementing preventive measures 205
5.1.1.3 Additional measures to protect health
and safety 205
5.1.2 Control of substances hazardous to health 206
5.1.3 The animal (scientific procedures) act 1986 (U.K.) 207
5.1.4 Experiments on humans 211
5.1.5 Institutional codes of conduct 213
5.2 Concerning the proper use of tools 217
References 221
Chapter 6 Looking before leaping 223
6.1 The ongoing ethical changes 223
6.2. Introduction to HAZOP 225
6.3 HAZOP in practice 229
6.4 Adapting HAZOP to developments outside chemical
engineering 232
References 240
Chapter 7 Tools in prospect 241
7.1 The cloning of humans 243
7.1.1 The initial analysis 243
7.1.2 A more detailed examination of the difficult areas 247
7.1.2.1 Producing a cell fusate 248
7.1.2.2 Genetically engineered humans 250
7.1.2.3 Cloned humans 255
7.1.2.3.1 Human clones evoke disgust 256
7.1.2.3.2 Dangers in cloned humans 258
7.1.2.3.3 The advent of human cloning may
usher in an era of eugenics 259
7.1.2.3.4 Would the dignity of a cloned
individual be impugned? 260
7.1.2.3.5 The commodification of humans 260
7.1.2.3.6 A utilitarian perspective 262
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7.1.2.3.7 It's all in the family 262
7.1.2.3.8 Would a clone or the people raising
that clone be more likely to be
damaged psychologically? 263
7.1.2.3.9 Does limiting the genetic diversity
of a group of humans necessarily
cause harm? 264
7.1.2.3.10 Cloned embryos as a source of stem
cells for human therapies 264
7.1.2.3.11 On deciding who is to be cloned 266
7.1.2.4 Application of the HAZOP method to the
cloning of genetically engineered humans 269
References 272
Chapter 8 Dealing with intent successfully 275
Index 279 |
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