Ethics Education in Engineering

This project focus' on the integration of ethics education in engineering. According to the project leader, Eddie Conlon: there exist different models of engineering ethics education which affect the kind of research questions one might ask about the teaching of ethics.

As such, one's social ontology of a subject affects one's perception, understanding & inference of research, on the ethical challenges faced by engineers.

Drawing on the work of the critical realist Margaret Archer, the project will set out a non-deterministic model of social action which can help in analyzing engineering practice. This will emphasize the importance of historical time in understanding and resolving the ethical issues facing engineers.

CREATE researchers involved:

Eddie Conlon

Diana Adela Martin

Prof. Brian Bowe