Enhance human welfare: Ethical Issues By: Jon Stephens, Dan Gregory, Drew Libby, and Jim Alestock

Issues Involved Moral responsibilities of Engineers Moral responsibilities of Engineers Engineering and Terrorism Engineering and Terrorism Engineers as Intelligent Robots Engineers as Intelligent Robots

Moral Responsibilities of Engineers Shall, not should Shall, not should - “Shall provide” instead of “Should provide” Paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public Paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public - Dependent upon engineer to design safety measures that are both economical and practical

Engineering and Terrorism New issue, stemming from attacks on September 11 th New issue, stemming from attacks on September 11 th Nothing is totally safe from terrorism Nothing is totally safe from terrorism “Going up the pipeline” “Going up the pipeline” -Find source and fix it, instead of waiting until it reaches the end of the pipeline

Engineers as Intelligent Robots American engineers – education includes courses in humanities and social sciences American engineers – education includes courses in humanities and social sciences - Think for themselves (“Intelligent Robots”) Foreign engineers – learn specific trade Foreign engineers – learn specific trade - given direction by manager and perform action (“Unintelligent Robots”) - Chernobyl meltdown