Becoming a Human Engineer : : A Philosophical Inquiry into Engineering Education As Means or Ends.

• Author: Cheville, Alan.
• Place / Publishing House: Bradford : : Ethics International Press Limited,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (166 pages)

Despite the importance of engineering and technology in economic, social, and other aspects of our lives what it means to develop as an engineer, and how this is to occur, is not widely discussed. Becoming a Human Engineer explores the moral and ethical challenges of educating engineers through the philosophical lens of personalism, a branch of philosophy that puts the person first, seeing human growth and development as central to good. Building from the philosophy of the 20th century philosopher John Macmurray, this book explores how ethics and education intersect through a continuous cycle of action and reflection. By pulling together disparate and wide-ranging topics across engineering education, several promising areas of future work are identified. Engineering methods and ways of reflection are deeply embedded in engineering education to the extent that they may interfere with becoming a person. A focus on specific knowledges must complement rather than distract from developing the habits of mind necessary for engineers to adapt to a changing world. Providing meaningful experiences and explicitly focusing on developing multiple ways to reflect on these experiences are shown to be critical for the holistic development of engineers as persons.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface &amp -- Problem -- 1 Introduction &amp -- Context -- 2 John Macmurray's Philosophy of the Personal -- Life and Historical Context -- Underlying Values: Faith, Freedom, Reality, and Morality -- MacMurray's Philosophical System: The Gifford Lectures -- Moral Implications of Macmurray's System -- Summary -- 3 Action and Reflection - The Rhythm of Withdrawal and Return -- 4 We Can Only Know What We Can Perceive - Modes of Apperception -- Generalization - the intellectual or pragmatic mode -- Particularization - the emotional, or contemplative mode -- Personalization - the personal or moral mode -- Modes of Apperception in Action -- 5 How Actions Affect Others - the World as One Action -- 6 The Systemic Mode of Apperception -- 7 A Critique of Engineering Education -- The Pragmatic Mode of Apperception - Engineering Education as Means -- The Contemplative Mode of Apperception - Achieving Satisfaction -- The Personal Mode of Apperception - Friends and Colleagues -- The Systemic Mode of Apperception - The Engineering Education Ecosystem -- Summary -- 8 Convergence and Synthesis -- Notes -- Bibliography.