The document discusses engineering ethics, encompassing ethical principles, theories, and types of inquiry related to the field. It highlights key concepts such as utilitarianism, duty ethics, and the importance of understanding moral problems within engineering. Additionally, it differentiates between micro-ethics and macro-ethics in addressing moral dilemmas and obligations in professional conduct.

1. Engineering
Ethics
REVATHI MOHAN

2.  Golden Rules for Ethics and Morality
 Senses of Engineering Ethics
 Ethical Principles
 Ethical Theories
 Types of Inquiry
 Moral Issues

5. Senses of Engineering Ethics
 Set of specific moral problems and issues
related to Engineering
 It is based on Justified moral principles
 Activity of understanding Moral Problems
 Set of Belief and Attitude for a group
displays concerning morality
Socially
Responsible
Professionally
Responsible

6. 5 Ethical Principles
Beneficence
Respect for
Autonomy
JusticeFidelity
Non-
Maleficence

7. Ethical Theories

9. Utilitarianism
Act Utilitarianism-john Stuart
Mill
 Action More
Happiness
 Act utilitarianism is the
belief that an action
becomes morally right
when it produces the
greatest good for the
greatest number of
people
Rule Utilitarianism-
Richard Brandt
 Action Rational
Desires and Law
 Rule utilitarianism is
the belief that the
moral correctness
of an action
depends on the
correctness of the
rules that allows it
to achieve the
greatest good

10. Duty Ethics
 3 Core Conditions
 Prima Facie Duties
 Contemporary Duty
of Ethics

11. Duty Ethics(Immanuel Kant)
3 core Condition
 Show respect for
others
 Keeping promises
 Moral Imperatives
Imperative
Hypothetical
Categorical

12. Contemporary Theory- John
Rawl

14. Right Ethics
Liberty Ethics-
John Locke
 A state/Condition
in which people
able to act and
talk freely
Welfare Ethics-
A.I.Meldon
 A state of doing well
for good fortune

15. Virtue Ethics

18. Types of Inquiry
Normative
Conceptual
Factual

19. Normative Inquiry( Values)
 To justify norms for guiding individual as
well as groups

20. Conceptual(Meaning)
 Clarifying the meaning of concepts,
principles and issues

21.  To provide factual inquiries in scientific
technique and business realities
 This information helps to provide better
understanding the background condition
of moral problem

23. Approaches to Engineering Ethics
 Micro-Ethics
 Macro-Ethics

24. Uses of Ethical Theories
To Resolve
Moral
Dilemmas
To justify
moral
obligations
To relate
Professional
and ordinary
morality