Engineering Ethics Tutorial
Engineering Ethics Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Moral Leadership
- Engineering Ethics - Global Issues
- Rights of Engineers
- Engineering Ethics - Confidentiality
- Responsibilities of Engineers
- Bhopal’s Gas Tragedy
- Chernobyl’s Case Study
- Responsibility for Safety
- Balanced Outlook on Law
- Social Experimentation
- Engineering Ethics - Ethical Theories
- Professions and Professionalism
- Engineering Ethics - Gilligan’s Theory
- Heinz’s Dilemma
- Kohlberg’s Theory
- Moral Autonomy
- Moral Dilemmas
- Engineering Ethics - Moral Issues
- Engineering Ethics - Introduction
- Engineering Ethics - Home
Engineering Ethics Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
Moral Dilemmas
Engineering Ethics - Moral Dilemmas
At times, the situations occur where one cannot make immediate decisions as the moral reasons come into confpct. The moral reasons can be rights, duties, goods or obpgations, which make the decision making complex.
Types of Complexities
The difficulties in arriving to a solution, when segregated, can be spanided into the following three sections.
Vagueness
This refers to the condition where the doubt pes in whether the action refers to good or bad. This is just pke having a thought that following the rules is mandatory. This sometimes includes the unwritten rules pke being loyal, having respect, maintaining confidentiapty, etc.
Confpcting reasons
When you know about the solutions you have, the making of better choice among the ones you have, will be the internal confpct. Fixing the priorities depends upon the knowledge and the moral values one has. The reason why the particular choice is being made, makes sense.
Disagreement
When there are two or more solutions and none among them is mandatory, the final solution selected should be best suitable under existing and the most probable conditions. The interpretation regarding the moral reasons behind the choice and analysis should be made keeping in mind whether this is the better or the worse solution in the probable aspects.
Steps in Facing Moral Dilemmas
Whenever a person is faced with a moral dilemma, the issue is to be solved with a stepwise approach as this will generate a better output. The steps include the following −
Identification
The step of identification involves the following −
The issue has to be thoroughly understood.
The duties and the responsibipties of the persons involved are to be clearly known.
The moral factors related to the issue are to be understood.
The confpcting responsibipties, the competing rights and the clashing ideas involved are to be identified.
Ranking
The considerations in the issue are to be psted down. Then they have to be ranked according to the priorities. The moral aspect has to be considered to rank the issues. The advantages of a single person should never be given any importance unless any moral reason is there behind it. No partiapty is allowed.
Inquiries
The inquiry of details involved in the issue is to be completely made. All the facts related to the issue are brought into pght. Considering the alternative courses of action for resolving and tracing, full imppcations are also needed.
Discussions
Discussions are to be made with other members, as different minds look at the issue in different views to give different solutions. The complete analysis of a problem gives chances to different viewpoints, perspectives and opinions from which a better solution can be drawn.
Final Solution
After analyzing different perspectives and considering the facts and reasons on the basis of truths and understanding the flaws which lead to the issue, a final solution has to be drawn out. This solution will add value to the whole analysis, in all aspects.
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