"Some aspects of engineering professionalism, such as (1) sensitivity to risk (2) awareness of the social context of technology, (3) respect for nature, and (4) commitment to the public good, cannot be adequately accounted for in terms of rules, certainly not negative rules. Virtue ethics is a more appropriate vehicle for expressing these aspects of engineering professionalism. Some of the unique features of virtue ethics are the greater place it gives for discretion and judgment and also for inner motivation and commitment."
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Charles E. Harris Jr., The Good Engineer: Giving Virtue its Due in Engineering Ethics in Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 14, Issue 2 (2008), p. 153
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