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An examination of the parallels between problem-solving in engineering and in theological ethics, showing how 'design reasoning' can be adapted as a heuristic.Both engineering and human living take...
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  • 26 December 2013
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An examination of the parallels between problem-solving in engineering and in theological ethics, showing how 'design reasoning' can be adapted as a heuristic.

Both engineering and human living take place in a messy world, one chock full of unknowns and contingencies.
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Price: $40.95
Pages: 326
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date: 26 December 2013
Trim Size: 9.02 X 5.98 in
ISBN: 9780227174173
Format: Paperback
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[...]an inspiring vision for how engineering can be understood as a Christian vocation, so long as its particular practice serves both moral means and ends. This book is intended first for wellread engineering undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty, but also for students of theology and ethics who are interested in a creative and helpful interdisciplinary project.
— J David Moser

Kallenberg is to be commended for seeking to write a substantial account of engineering ethics from a Christian perspective. He has clearly understood important aspects of engineering thinking and linked them well to ethical thinking. Much philosophical and theological scholarship underlies the text. Several of the approaches adopted are innovative and have significant potential for further development. Especially welcome is the emphasis on approaches that stimulate the ethical imagination...Professional engineers with a particular interest in ethics will find the book interesting. Wider dissemination and discussion of the book's account of professional ethical codes could be of great benefit to the development of the profession.
— W. Richard Bowen, Studies
Preface

1. The Messy World We Inhabit
2. Ethics as Design
3. Arguing about Good Design
4. Reading Professional Codes of Ethics through Design
5. Design Reasoning
6. Design Can Change Your Life
7. So Be Good for Goodness' Sake!
8. Design as a Social Practice
9. Cross-Domain Transfer and Design
10. Engineering as Christian Vocation

Appendix: Following the Rules in Design
Bibliography
Index