Engineering – between can and ought The responsibility for technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11938020 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Lenk (0000-0003-2910-3671, corresponding author), Matthias Maring |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 316-323 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/isr.1996.21.4.316 |
| OpenAlex | W1983484956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Responsibility is a moral and ethical duty for engineers that must be faced constantly, whether, for instance, in the loss of the lives of seven astronauts in the 'Challenger' disaster or the oil pollution caused by an inshore shipping accident. Is the responsibility a personal one, that of a group, or something that falls on the corporation? These aspects are fully discussed and distinguished in terms of action, task, and universal moral responsibilities. Problems arise in assigning responsibility and 16 priority rules are proposed as a solution to this all important problem
Accident (philosophy · Action (physics · Business · Corporation · Duty · Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Management · Moral responsibility · Political science · Public relations · Social responsibility · Sociology · Task (project management · Engineering · Law · Nuclear and radioactivity studies · Philosophy · Risk and Safety Analysis · Risk Perception and Management
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |