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Engineering Ethics

(CEN 0401)

Lecture 3

By Dr. Mohamed Hussien Mohamed


Email: [email protected]
Chapter 3:
Moral Theories

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Outline:
Utilitarianism ‫المنفعة‬

Duty Ethics ‫ او الفريضة‬,‫الواجب‬

Rights Ethics ‫الحقوق‬

Virtue Ethics

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Moral Theories
Utilitarianism: holds that those actions
are good that serve to maximize human
well-being.
– Example, Dams.
– Utilitarianism tries to balance the needs of
society with the needs of the individual, with
an emphasis on what will provide the most
benefit to the most people.
– Include Risk–benefit analysis, and cost–
benefit analysis.
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Moral Theories
• Cost–Benefit Analysis: One tool often
used in engineering analysis, especially
when trying to determine whether a
project makes sense. Fundamentally, this
type of analysis is just an application of
utilitarianism.
• Risk-Benefit Analysis: One method that
engineers sometimes use to help analyse
risk and to determine whether a project
should proceed.
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Moral Theories
• Duty ethics and Rights ethics—are similar to each
other and will be considered together. These
theories hold that those actions are good that respect
the rights of the individual. Here, good
consequences for society as a whole are not the only
moral consideration.
• Using our previous example of the building of a
dam, people have the right to use their property. If
their land happens to be in the way of a proposed
dam, then rights ethics would hold that this property
right is paramount and is sufficient to stop the dam
project. A single property holder’s objection would
require that the project be terminated.
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Moral Theories
• Virtue Ethics
• What kind of people we should be?
• Actions are right if they support good
character qualities –virtues:
responsibility, honesty, competence,
loyalty.
• Actions are wrong if they support bad
character qualities –vices: dishonesty,
disloyalty, irresponsibility.
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Review

The origins of ethics.

Engineering as profession.

Code of ethics.

Theories of ethics.

Ethics Cases (IPM, Ford)

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