GE8076 -PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING UNIT NOTES UNIT I HUMAN VALUES 10 Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic virtue – Respect for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty – Courage – Valuing time – Cooperation –Commitment – Empathy – Self confidence – Character – Spirituality – Introduction to Yoga and meditation for professional excellence and stress management

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2. UNIT – I : TOPIC 5 : CIVIC VIRTUE
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3. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC VIRTUE
• The Greek word for virtue is arete, which means excellence.
• virtue
• /ˈvəːtʃuː,ˈvəːtjuː/
noun
• 1.behaviour showing high moral standards. Example: "paragons of virtue"
• Similar:
• Pureness, lack of corruption, merit, principles, high principles, ethics.
• (in traditional Christian angelology) the seventh-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
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4. TYPES OF VIRTUE
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5. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC VIRTUE
• Civic virtue is morality or a standard of righteous behavior in
relationship to a citizen's involvement in society.
• An individual may exhibit civic virtue by voting, volunteering,
organizing a book group, or attending a PTA meeting.
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6. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC VIRTUE
• Civic virtue is the harvesting of habits important for the success of the
community.
• Closely linked to the concept of citizenship, civic virtue is often
conceived as the dedication of citizens to the common welfare of their
community even at the cost of their individual interests.
• Wikipedia
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7. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC VIRTUE
• VIRTUE ETHICS
• “The unexamined life is not worth living.” (Socrates, 470-399 B.C.)
• “The happy life is thought to be virtuous; now a virtuous life requires
exertion and does not consist in amusement.” (Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.)
• The Four Main Virtues
• Prudence (mind): to think about a moral problem clearly and completely
• Temperance (emotions): control attraction to positive emotions
• Fortitude (emotions): control aversion for negative emotions
• Justice (will): choose according to truth and fairness.
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8. Historical View on CIVIC VIRTUE
• ARISTOTLE says that moral virtues are :
• tendencies, acquired through habit formation,
• to reach a proper balance between extremes in conduct, emotion,
desire and attitude
• i.e. virtues are tendencies to find the Golden Mean between the
extremes of too much and too little. Some of the virtues are defined
using examples here:
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9. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC VIRTUE
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10. What are examples of civic actions?
• Examples include voting, volunteering, participating in
group activities, and community gardening.
• Some are individual activities that benefit society (e.g.,
voting) or group activities that benefit either the
group members (e.g., recreational soccer teams) or
society (e.g., volunteer organizations).
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11. Introduction to Virtue Ethics
• Focuses on the type of person we should strive to be
• Actions which reflect good character traits (virtues) are inherently
right
• Actions which reflect bad character traits (vices) are inherently wrong
• Virtue ethics are tied more to individual behavior than to that of an
organization (e.g. business, government)
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12. Important aspects of civic virtue
• Important aspects of civic virtue were:
• civic conversation (listening to others, trying to reach an
agreement, keeping yourself informed so you can have a
relevant contribution),
• civilized behavior (decent clothing, accent, containing
feelings and needs), work (people had to make a useful
contribution to the society).
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18. virtue groups
• variety of the more specific virtues grouped as follows:
• SELF DIRECTION VIRTUES:
• Fundamental virtues in exercising our moral autonomy and responsibility. e.g. self
understanding, humility, good moral judgment, courage, self discipline,
perseverance, commitments, self-respect and dignity
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• PUBLIC SPIRITED VIRTUES:
• Focusing on the good of the clients and public affected by the engineers‟ work
by. not directly and intentionally harming others i.e. „nonmaleficence‟.
Benificence, sense of community, generosity are other virtues falling in this
category.
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19. virtue groups
• TEAMWORK VIRTUES:
• Enables professionals to work successfully with others. E.g. collegiality,
cooperativeness, the ability to communicate, respect for authority, loyalty
to employers and leadership qualities.
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• PROFICIENCY VIRTUES:
• Mastery of one‟s craft that characterize good engineering practice e.g.
competence, diligence, creativity, self-renewal through continuous
education.
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20. Any Questions?
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