Identify ethical theories.
Definition
Identification should include- utilitarianism—concerned with protecting the happiness and well-being of the greatest number of any group over that of the individual
- duty—concerned with acting out of expectation and performed out of a sense of obligation to family, profession, country
- rights—concerned with protecting the happiness and well-being of the individual over that of any group
- virtue—concerned with helping people develop good character traits, such as kindness and generosity, and placing less emphasis on which rules people should follow.
Process/Skill Questions
- How might utilitarianism effect an engineering project?
- Why is duty an important ethical theory?
- Do individuals’ rights always need to be considered when working on an engineering project?
Related Standards of Learning
English
11.5
The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a variety of nonfiction texts including employment documents and technical writing.
- Apply information from texts to clarify understanding of concepts.
- Read and correctly interpret an application for employment, workplace documents, or an application for college admission.
- Analyze technical writing for clarity.
- Paraphrase and synthesize ideas within and between texts.
- Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit and implied information using textual support.
- Analyze multiple texts addressing the same topic to determine how authors reach similar or different conclusions.
- Analyze false premises, claims, counterclaims, and other evidence in persuasive writing.
- Recognize and analyze use of ambiguity, contradiction, paradox, irony, sarcasm, overstatement, and understatement in text.
- Generate and respond logically to literal, inferential, evaluative, synthesizing, and critical thinking questions about the text(s).
12.5
The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a variety of nonfiction texts.
- Use critical thinking to generate and respond logically to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about the text(s).
- Identify and synthesize resources to make decisions, complete tasks, and solve specific problems.
- Analyze multiple texts addressing the same topic to determine how authors reach similar or different conclusions.
- Recognize and analyze use of ambiguity, contradiction, paradox, irony, overstatement, and understatement in text.
- Analyze false premises claims, counterclaims, and other evidence in persuasive writing.