Ethics

Course code: WM0324LR

Summary Grade: 8.3

The files below contain a summary of the Ethics reader. You might want to know which chapter in the reader corresponds to which part of the summary. Well, here is the overview: CH1=1.1, CH2=1.2, CH3=2, CH4=3, CH5=4, CH6=5.1, CH7=5.2, CH8=1.3.

  • Responsibilities and how to deal with them (55kb)
    Engineers have several types of responsibilities. And there are several codes of conduct prescribing how to deal with them. Read all about it in this chapter.
  • Ethical theories (46kb)
    This chapter discusses ethical theories. Which theories are around? And what are they based on?
  • Ethical argumentation (56kb)
    To justify our actions, we need ethical argumentation. What kind of argumentations are there? That's what this chapter is all about.
  • The ethical cycle (163kb)
    The ethics cycle is a systematic approach to solve ethical problems. This chapter describes how it works.
  • Ethics in engineering and research (43kb)
    Applying ethics in the world of engineering or research can be an art in itself. Read here how it works.
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