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Neelke Doorn1

  • 1Department of Technology, Policy and Management, 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. N.Doorn@tudelft.nl

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This study explores responsibility in engineering ethics, shifting focus from blame to socially responsible practices. It highlights a tension between efficacy and fairness in technology development, proposing procedural approaches for equitable responsibility.

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Published on: January 7, 2019

Area of Science:

  • Engineering Ethics
  • Technology Development
  • Social Responsibility

Background:

  • Growing attention on responsibility in technology and engineering.
  • Traditional focus on liability and blameworthiness in engineering ethics.
  • Emerging calls for a shift towards socially responsible engineering practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore diverse approaches to responsibility in engineering.
  • To determine the most appropriate framework for technology development.
  • To analyze implications of responsibility ascriptions on engineering practice.

Main Methods:

  • Case study: development of a new sewage water treatment technology.
  • Analysis of different approaches for assigning responsibility.
  • Evaluation of implications for R&D and technological design.

Main Results:

  • Identified a tension between efficacy and fairness in responsibility ascriptions.
  • Consequentialist approach demonstrated power via efficacy criterion.
  • Fairness in responsibility assignment requires consideration.

Conclusions:

  • The consequentialist approach is powerful but needs to incorporate fairness.
  • Procedural methods are proposed for more equitable responsibility ascriptions.
  • Balancing efficacy and fairness is crucial for socially responsible engineering.