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6.9041 Ethics for Engineers - Independent Inquiry

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(Subject meets with 1.082[J], 2.900[J], 6.904[J], 10.01[J], 16.676[J], 20.005, 22.014[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 2-0-10
Lecture: M3-5 (66-154) or T3-5 (66-144) or T EVE (7.30-9.30 PM) (66-144) or W3-5 (66-154)

Explores the ethical principles by which an engineer ought to be guided. Integrates foundational texts in ethics with case studies illustrating ethical problems arising in the practice of engineering. Readings from classic sources including Aristotle, Kant, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Franklin and Tocqueville. Case studies include articles and films that address engineering disasters, safety, ethical codes, biotechnology, the internet and AI, and the ultimate scope and aims of engineering. To satisfy the independent inquiry component of this subject, students expand the scope of their term project. Students taking 20.005 focus their term project on a problem in biological engineering in which there are intertwined ethical and technical issues.
B. Trout
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