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Which of the following is NOT a necessary skill that engineers should possess to deal with moral issues in their profession?
Which of the following is NOT a necessary skill that engineers should possess to deal with moral issues in their profession?
- Moral communication skills
- Cogent moral reasoning
- Technical expertise (correct)
- Moral awareness
Which of the following is NOT a component of ethical reasoning skills?
Which of the following is NOT a component of ethical reasoning skills?
- Tolerance of diversity
- Moral reasonableness
- Respect for persons
- Moral hope (correct)
What is the difference between micro-ethics and macro-ethics?
What is the difference between micro-ethics and macro-ethics?
- Micro-ethics deals with moral issues related to engineering, while macro-ethics deals with moral issues related to other professions.
- Micro-ethics and macro-ethics are interchangeable terms for the same concept.
- Micro-ethics deals with moral issues related to personal beliefs, while macro-ethics deals with moral issues related to societal norms.
- Micro-ethics deals with individual moral issues, while macro-ethics deals with broader societal moral issues. (correct)
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Study Notes
- Engineers should possess moral awareness, cogent moral reasoning, moral coherence, moral imagination, and moral communication skills to deal with issues.
- Ethical reasoning skills include moral reasonableness, respect for persons, tolerance of diversity, moral hope, and integrity.
- Moral issues in engineering require consideration of technical and moral values.
- There are two types of moral issues: micro-ethics and macro-ethics.
- Investigations into values, meanings, and facts are necessary to resolve moral issues.
- Normative inquiries describe what one ought to do under specific circumstances.
- Conceptual inquiries describe the meaning of concepts, principles, and issues related to engineering ethics.
- Engineers have a responsibility to protect public safety and should possess ethics to fulfill their professional obligations.
- Safety and marginal safety issues are described under conceptual inquiries.
- Engineers should be willing to improve their moral reasoning skills to achieve moral conduct with responsibility and commitment.
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