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What it means to be an Engineer (Counter Hegemonic Engineering Ethics…
What it means to be an Engineer
Key Terms
Social Justice:
a fair and just relationship between individuals and society
Ethics:
a system of principles, or rules of conduct
Justice:
fairness, neutrality, objectivity
Engineering Based on Justice and Fairness
Addressing Adversity and Equity in Engineering
"...equity in engineering ethics is currently understood as 'treating equally', rather than equitably, which taken alone could lead to a suppression of diverse ways of being and practicing." (pg 199)
involuntary risks vs voluntarily undertaken risks; consent must be given without coercion, manipulation, or deception
Participatory Engineering
"...if engineering products, processes, and systems are to reflect the needs of communities and not only those in power, they have to become more participatory. This requires engineers to 1) think ethically from a justice perspective and 2) involve the public in that ethical thinking" (pg 201)
"Nimbyism has become a regular feature of democratic planning in the US and elsewhere-- a predictable result" (pg 202)
"...New Urbanists and others, who uses planning to promote democratic ideals, seem forced to acknowledge that a less democratic, more autocratic approach to planning may sometimes be necessary if ideals are to be assured." (pg 202)
"Participatory design should be very different from designing something and then asking people if it harms them in some way. Once the technology has been developed, it is much harder to "unknow" and to then put the innovation back into the box. Real participatory design will change what gets designed, created, and developed from the point of nucleation of the idea." (pg 203
Engineering and the Dominant Discourse
"...autonomy and the ability to make independent ethical choices is an essential element of what defines professions in sociological terms. If engineers do not exercise these choices individually and collectively, we may cease to be a profession in at least one important sense." (pg 196)
dominant group: principle force supporting the status quo
"...if a large group exists long enough, the thought style becomes fixed and formal in structure." (pg 196
Counter Hegemonic Engineering Ethics
"...ESJP applies critical social theory to engineering in order to question assumptions of current practice..." (pg 197)
"conscientization- the realization that we have choices and can act according to conscience" (pg 197)
"If we are bounded within a particular thought collective, what becomes common sense and therefor unquestionable and assumed in our place of work, our profession, our society is not visible to us" (pg 197)
"She proposes that whenever someone talks about the benefits and costs of a particular engineering project, we should not just focus on 'what benefits?' but 'whose benefits and whose costs?'" (pg 197)
"She distinguishes between critical thinking in engineering to critical thinking about engineering" (pg 197)
"I'm not free until the man who picks my bananas is free." (pg 198)
original position:
hypothetical situation in which no one knows what particular abilities or knowledge they will have in society or what position they may occupy. Placed in this hypothetical position -- a blind spot with regard to any and all personal circumstances including accidents of birth such as innate intelligence and talents-- we are then asked to determine which principles of governance are 'just' or fair