Preston Stovall | Professional Virtue, Professional Self-Awareness, and Engineering Ethics

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Preston Stovall | Professional Virtue, Professional Self-Awareness, and Engineering Ethics
Stovall introduces Aristotle's main arguments and definitions from the Nicomachean Ethics and discusses how professional virtue can best be seen as a subset of Aristotle's ethical virtues. He uses the example of professional engineering virtues to make his case, further emphasizing the role of professional self-awareness in developing a flourishing and successful professional career.
-In a well-ordered society, according to Stovall, the virtuous professional is the ___________ professional.

• A) functional
• B) practical
• C) successful
• D) essential

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Definitions:

Gametes

The reproductive cells (sperm in males and ova in females) that contain half the genetic information of the organism, essential for sexual reproduction.

Sexual Differentiation

The process by which the sexual organs develop during the prenatal period, leading to the development of sex differences in the body.

Heritability

Statistical estimate of contribution of heredity to individual differences in a specific trait within a given population.

Heredity

Inborn traits or characteristics inherited from the biological parents.