Gerald Andrews Emison | American Pragmatism as a Guide for Professional

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Gerald Andrews Emison | American Pragmatism as a Guide for Professional Ethical Conduct for Engineers
Emison argues that the field of engineering is unique in that the rapid advance of technology makes it difficult to rely on a rigid model of professional ethics. Rather, an adaptive and flexible engineering ethics is required, one that will respond to changes in the social, economic, and research worlds. Pragmatism offers an exemplary template for guiding ethical choice in engineering based on the social context of particular circumstances.
-Complex and rapidly changing innovation in engineering leads to

• A) the need for a rigid engineering ethics.
• B) the need for an adaptive engineering ethics.
• C) unfamiliar ethical circumstances.
• D) both b and c

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