Constructing a role ethics approach to engineering ethics education

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Qin Zhu, R. Clancy
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ABSTRACT This paper is concerned with the gap between the ideology of ‘autonomous individualism’ deeply embedded in Western-centric engineering ethics education and the social and relational nature of engineering practice. The so-called ‘individualistic approach’ to engineering ethics often treats students as fully rational and autonomous individual decision-makers. Such an approach mainly emphasizes teaching students moral reasoning skills, including the skills of applying dominant Western ethical theories (mainly deontology and consequentialism) into hypothetical cases. What might be overlooked or could be further emphasized in dominant approaches to engineering ethics education is what philosophers call the ‘role ethics’ of engineers. The role ethics approach to engineering ethics focuses on the the moral obligations of engineers that are derived from the specific roles they assume and the relationships they have developed with others in communal contexts. This paper aims to construct a role-based approach to teaching professional ethics to engineering students. It mainly draws on role ethics theories from the Confucian philosophical tradition. It first provides a short introduction to the fundamentals of Confucian role ethics from a comparative perspective. It then discusses what a role-based approach to engineering ethics might entail. Finally, this paper briefly explores how the insights from Confucian role ethics can inform future engineering ethics education.
构建工程伦理教育的角色伦理学方法
摘要本文关注的是深深植根于以西方为中心的工程伦理教育中的“自主个人主义”意识形态与工程实践的社会性和关系性之间的差距。所谓的工程伦理“个人主义方法”通常将学生视为完全理性和自主的个人决策者。这种方法主要强调教授学生道德推理技能,包括将占主导地位的西方伦理理论(主要是义务论和后果论)应用于假设案例的技能。在工程伦理教育的主流方法中,哲学家们所说的工程师的“角色伦理”可能会被忽视或进一步强调。工程伦理学的角色伦理学方法侧重于工程师的道德义务,这些义务源于他们所承担的特定角色以及他们在公共环境中与他人建立的关系。本文旨在构建一种基于角色的工程专业学生职业道德教学方法。它主要借鉴了儒家哲学传统中的角色伦理理论。首先从比较的角度简要介绍了儒家角色伦理的基本原理。然后,它讨论了基于角色的工程伦理方法可能需要什么。最后,本文简要探讨了儒家角色伦理思想对未来工程伦理教育的启示。
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Ethics and Education
Ethics and Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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