Summary: Ethics, Technology, And Engineering: An Introduction | 9781444330953 | Ibo van de Poel, et al

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  • 1 The Responsibilities of Engineers

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  • What is a common distinction of Responsibility?

    • Active Responsibility
    • Passive Responsibility
  • What is Active Responsibility?

    Responsibility before something has happened referring to a duty or task to care for certain state-of-affairs or persons.
  • What is Passive Responsibility?

    Applicable after something (undesirable) has happened. Backward-looking responsibility.
  • What is Role Responsibility?

    The responsibility that is based on the role one has or plays in a certain situation.
  • What is Moral Responsibility?

    Responsibility that is based on moral obligations, moral norms and moral duties.
  • What is Professional Responsibility?

    The responsibility that is based on one's role as professional in as far it stays within the limits of what is morally allowed.
  • What are the specific forms of Passive Responsibility?

    • Accountability
    • Blameworthiness 
    • Liability
  • What are the Four Conditions that need to apply in order for someone to be Blameworthy?

    1. Wrong-doing
    2. Causal contribution
    3. Foreseeability
    4. Freedom
  • What are the five Features of Active Responsibility according to Bovens?

    1. Adequate perception of threatened violations of norms
    2. Consideration of the consequences
    3. Autonomy
    4. Displaying conduct that is based on a verifiable and consistent code
    5. Taking role obligations seriously
  • What is Professional Ideals?

    Ideals that are closely allied to a profession or can only be aspired to by carrying out the profession. 

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