Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction

by Lamber Royakkers

Featuring a wide range of international case studies, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering presents a unique and systematic approach for engineering students to deal with the ethical issues that are increasingly inherent in engineering practice.

Genres: Philosophy, Textbooks, Technology

384 pages, Hardcover

First published February 25, 2011

Reviews

[Tanuj · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Although a very dry (and occasionally outdated) introduction to ethics in the context of engineering, this book is immensely applicable in the modern context where technology has taken over our lives. We need to prioritize ethics - both in personal and corporate contexts - in order to regain our encroached humanity.

[Annie · Rating 2 out of 5]

there was a point that there were three of the same sentence next to each other on the page: definition, restatement of the definition that was almost the exact same words, and the definition box on the the side

[Adrian Vramulet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it at the time. Read about half.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read chapters 1/2/3/9 as mandatory readings for the TU Delft chemical engineering master course Engineering Ethics and Risk; very interesting case examples

[Richp · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not rating and reviewing this as a student who used this for a course, or as a teacher or specialized practitioner in the field of engineering ethics. I am a retired engineer interested in both engineering, and the ethics and morals of government and society level decisions. I have not read, or read reviews of, alternate or supplemental texts on this subject.

This is intended as a textbook for a first course in Engineering Ethics. Rating it by its flaws, this book is at best a 2.0. Its weaknesses are many, some of which are due to the fact such a course is limited in scope and thus both understandable and appropriate, but some of which are frustratingly inappropriate for a course taught to engineering students: the language is overly complex (this sentence by me is an exaggerated example) and not oriented toward engineers. Rating it by its strengths, it is a bit less than 4.0. As best I can tell, it covers the basic questions and considerations.

Neither author is, or was, a practicing engineer. Bringing in the perspective of an experienced engineer, especially at the systems level, would improve a subsequent edition.

[Herman Slatman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice as a study companion for my Computer Ethics course. Glossary was really helpful too.