Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195120516)

Michael Davis, a leading figure in the study of professional ethics, offers here both a compelling exploration of engineering ethics and a philosophical analysis of engineering as a profession. After putting engineering in historical perspective, Davis turns to the Challenger space shuttle disaster to consider the complex relationship between engineering ideals and contemporary engineering practice. Here, Davis examines how social organization and technical requirements define how engineers should (and presumably do) think. Later chapters test his analysis of engineering judgement and autonomy empirically, engaging a range of social science research including a study of how engineers and managers work together in ten different companies.

Author: Michael Davis
ISBN-10: 0195120515
ISBN-13: 9780195120516
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/18/1998
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.55h x 6.50w x 1.06d