Engineering,Ethics,andtheEnvironment

Engineeringis'thepeople-servingprofession'.Theworkofengineersinvolvesinteractionwithclients,otherengineers,andthepublicatlarge.Morethananyotherprofession,theirworkalsodirectlyinvolvesandaffectstheenvironment.Thisbookmakesthecasethatengineershavespecialprofessionalobligationstoprotectandenhancetheenvironment,andtheauthors-one,anengineerandtheother,aphilosopher-seektoprovideanethicalbasisfortheseobligations.Inexploringtheseethicalissues,theauthorsaimtoshowthatengineersmakeadifference.Thetextopenswithaseriesofcasestudiesinwhichengineersfacecomplexandchallengingdecisionsabouttheenvironment.Succeedingchaptersexaminedifferentideasaboutenvironmentalethicsforengineers,includingprofessionalcodesandbothmodernandhistoricaldiscussionsofenvironmentalresponsibility.Thebookconcludeswithacollectionofreadingsthatcomplementthetext.Students,aswellaspractisingengineers,willfindmuchofinterestinthiswell-arguedandthought-provokingbook.