Research on Engineers' Responsibility and Obligation to Consider the Environment: Approach from the Standpoints of Engineering Ethics and Environmental Ethics

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Kurume National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Fujiki Atsushi 久留米工業高等専門学校, 一般科目(文科系), 准教授 (80609248)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 工学倫理 / 技術者倫理 / 予防倫理 / 志向倫理 / 環境倫理学 / 環境配慮義務 / 保全医学 / 環境衛生倫理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main purpose of this research is to make the roles and responsibilities of engineers as technical profession in environmental problems clear, by clarifying the scope of "environment" regarded as engineers should consider in engineering ethics. As a result of this research, the following two points were brought to light. First, in the field of engineering ethics, the concept of "environment" which regarded as one of the subject of concern of engineers is caught in a limited way. Second, "how much emphasis should be placed on the environmentally conscious obligation" is quite often changed relatively depending on the relationship with other value norms and the situation in reality. From now on, engineering ethics should take a broader perspective on the concept of "environment" and should reshape the idea of obligation of consideration for environment.

Free Research Field

工学倫理、環境倫理学、公衆衛生倫理学、環境衛生倫理