This is so familiar. Scientists go out of their way to separate the scientist in them from the ethical agent in them. And then hand over the latter to someone else
Anna Alexandrova
One of the final publications from the NSF-funded engineering ethics & education project I headed (2013-2023) is finally out. This may not be our most important result, but it might be my favorite: "‘It’s up to the managers’: Strategies engineering students use to avoid discussing ethics" in JRI.
Studies show that engineering students are open to discussion of ethics; however, their overall understanding of it tends to be narrow and their engagement decreases over the course of their educat...
