{"product_id":"fundamentals-of-ethics-for-scientists-and-engineers-9780195134889","title":"Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers represents a new approach to introductory ethics that is both practical and accessible. Classical virtue theory is employed to provide a time-tested  simple  and easily remembered basis for ethical reasoning. The text is modularized for easy use in both stand-alone ethics courses and as self-contained units within engineering core courses. It is accompanied by an instructors manual that includes a comprehensive set of sample lectures and course assignments  detailed homework solutions  and many helpful hints for teaching an ethics course.  To ground the ethical analysis in practical reality  each chapter contains a real-life case together with several fictional cases. The fictional cases breathe renewed vigor into the study of ethics by employing a new learning device: the \"ethical serial.\" Each fictional case can be understood individually  but the cases are also unified by use of a single set of college-aged characters whose personalities are developed throughout the book. These characters mimic real people far more closely than those in other texts and act in situations that are directly familiar to students.  The book is composed of four units. The first two focus on ethical reasoning  outlining within the context of science and engineering the notions of character formation and intention central to virtue theory. To prepare students to handle complex ethical questions  these units extend virtue theory in a readily understandable way  accounting systematically for the consequences that follow an ethical decision. The second two units focus on practical issues such as intellectual property  conflict of interest  whistle blowing  and authorship in scientific publication. These units also treat more advanced topics like risk  resource allocation  conflicting ethical methods  and intuition in ethical decision making.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279995789365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195134885","price":43.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195134889.jpg?v=1780617323","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fundamentals-of-ethics-for-scientists-and-engineers-9780195134889","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}