- There are the major differences in the conception of risk itself and in beliefs about acceptable risk.
- One of the differences is that the public often combines the concepts of risk and acceptable risk, whereas engineers and risk experts separate sharply.
- Public discussion is probably more likely to use the adjective “risky” than the noun “risk.”
- Two issues in the public conception of risk and acceptable risk have special moral importance: free and informed consent and equity or justice.
- According to the ethical perspective, it is wrong to deny the moral agency of individuals.
- Moral agents are being capable of formulating and pursuing purpose of their own.
- Denying the moral agency of individuals is based on denying their ability to formulate and pursue their own goals or deny to treat them in an inequitable manner with respect to other moral agents.
Functions of Ethical Theories in Engineering Ethics
Communicating Risk and Public Policy
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