Title: Identify ethical theories.
Course: Engineering Concepts and Processes III (21005-II-36) > Section: Exploring Engineering Ethics

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 affect an engineering project?
- Why is duty an important ethical theory?
- When would it make sense to choose rights over duty and vice versa?