IEEE Technology and Society Magazine - June 2015 - 63

phenomenology-informed ethics module for first year
Engineering Fundamentals instruction.

Author Information
Valorie Troesch, J.D., is an Adjunct Faculty at Pavlis Honors College, and is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department
of Humanities, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, U.S.A. Email: vtroesch@mtu.edu.

Acknowledgment
The author gratefully acknowledges the guidance and
advice of advisors Dr. Ann Brady, Dr. Patty Sotirin, and
Dr. L. Syd Johnson.

References
[1] A. Pine, "Grave new world: Emerging technologies with the power
to harm or help pose tough ethical choices - and a challenge for
educators," ASEE PRISM, Nov. 2012; http://www.prism- magazine.org/
nov12/feature_02.cfm.
[2] B. Newberry, "The dilemma of ethics in engineering education,"
Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 343-351, 2004.
[3] Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics VI, T. Irwin, trans. Indianapolis, IN:
Hackett, 1985, pp. 151-159.
[4] M. Bunge, "Philosophical inputs and outputs of technology," in Philosophy of Technology: the Technological Condition, R.C. Scharff
and V. Dusek, Eds, Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003, pp. 172-181.
[5] I. Kant, "The foundations of the metaphysics of morals" in The
Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, L.W. Beck, trans. Chicago, IL: Univ. of
Chicago Press, 1949, pp. 80-87.
[6] I. Kant, The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, L.W. Beck, trans. Chicago, IL: Unive. of Chicago Press, 1949, pp. 346-349.
[7] National Society of Professional Engineers, Code of Ethics, 2007; http://
www.nspe.org/resources/pdfs/Ethics/CodeofEthics/Code-2007- July.pdf.
[8] M. Davis, "Thinking like an engineer: The place of a code of ethics in the practice of a profession,"  Philosophy & Public Affairs,
pp. 150-167, 1991.
[9] J. Bentham, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, New York, NY: Hafner, 1949, pp. 1-7, 29-31.
[10] J. S. Mill, Utilitarianism, 2nd ed. Hackett, 2002.
[11] P. Singer, "Famine, affluence and morality," in Ethical Theory:
An Anthology, 2nd ed., R. Shafer-Landau, Ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell,
2013, pp. 466-473.
[12] R. Hursthouse, "Virtue theory" in Ethics in Practice: An Anthology,
3rd ed., H. LaFollette, Ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006, pp. 45-55.
[13] C.E. Harris, Jr., "The good engineer: Giving virtue its due in engineering ethics," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 14, pp. 153-164, 2008.
[14] P. Stovall, "Professional virtue and professional self-awareness: A case
study in engineering ethics," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 17, pp. 109-132, 2011.
[15] M.S. Pritchard, "Responsible engineering: The importance of character and imagination," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 7, pp. 391-402, 2001.
[16] M.S. Pritchard, "Professional responsibility: Focusing on the exemplary," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 4, pp. 215-233, 1998.
[17] W. J. Frey, "Teaching virtue: Pedagogical implications of moral
psychology," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 16, pp. 611-628, 2010.
[18] The Jubilee Centre for Character & Virtues, University of Birmingham,
U.K., 2015; http://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/474/portal.
[19] National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Texas Tech University, 2014;
www.niee.org.
[20] J.R. Herkert, "Engineering ethics education in the USA: Content,
pedagogy and curriculum," Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 25, no. 4, pp.
303-313, 2000.
[21] L.L. Bucciarelli, "Ethics and engineering education," Eur. J. Eng.
Educ. vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 141-149, 2008.
[22] W.T. Lynch and R. Kline, "Engineering practice and engineering
ethics," Sci. Technol. Human Values, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 195-225, 2000.
[23] M.L. Sadala and R. Adorno, "Phenomenology as a method
to investigate the experience lived: A perspective from Husserl

june 2015

∕

and Merleau Ponty's thought," J. Adv. Nurs., vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 282-
293, 2002.
[24] E. Husserl, Logical Investigations, J.N. Findlay, trans. New York,
NY: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970 (original work published 1900).
[25] M. Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception, C. Smith, trans.
New York, NY: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1962.
[26] T.A. Schwandt, "Three epistemological stances for qualitative
inquiry," in Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd ed. N.K. Denzin &
Y.S. Lincoln, Eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000, pp. 189-214.
[27] M. van Manen, Researching Lived Experience: Human Science
for Action Sensitive Pedagogy. Ontario, CA: State Univ. of New York
Press, 1990.
[28] V. Porra, "A phenomenological approach to ethics education," presented at Int. Conf. Engineering Education and Research, Ostrava, 2004.
[29] T.H. Broome, Jr., "The concrete Sumo," presented at OEC Int. Conf.
Ethics in Engineering and Computer Science, March 1999.
[30] V.S. Wike, "Professional engineering ethical behavior: a values-based
approach," in Proc. 2001 ASEE Annual Conf. & Exposition, 2001.
[31] L. Butler-Kisber, "Phenomenological inquiry," in Qualitative
Inquiry: Thematic, Narrative and Arts-Informed Perspectives. Los
Angeles, CA: Sage, pp. 50-61.
[32] M.P. Orbe, "Centralizing diverse racial/ethnic voices in scholarly research: The value of phenomenological inquiry," Int. J. Intercult
Rel., vol. 24, pp. 603-621, 2000.
[33] A. Giorgi, Phenomenological and Psychological Research. Pittsburg, PA: Ducherne Univ. Press, 1985.
[34] M.L. Cummings, "Integrating ethics in design through the valuesensitive design approach," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 701-
715, 2006.
[35] G.L. Downey, J.C. Lucene, and C. Mitcham, "Engineering ethics
and identity: Emerging initiatives in comparative perspective," Sci.
Eng. Ethics, vol. 13, pp. 463-487, 2007.
[36] I. Seidman, "A structure for in-depth phenomenological interviewing," in Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Research
in Education and the Social Sciences, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1998, pp. 9-21.
[37] K. Shrader-Frechette, "Technology and ethics," in Philosophy of
Technology: the Technological Condition, R.C. Scharff and V. Dusek,
Eds. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003, pp. 187-190.
[38] M. Manion, "Ethics, engineering, and sustainable development,"
IEEE Technology & Society Mag., pp. 39-48, Fall 2002.
[39] M. Heidegger, "The question concerning technology," in Basic
Writings, rev. ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1993, pp. 311-341.
[40] S.J. Thoma, "Research on the Defining Issues Test," in Handbook
of Moral Development, M. Killen and J.G. Smetana, Eds. Mahwah, NJ:
Erlbaum, 2006, pp. 67-91.
[41] J. Rest, D. Narvaez, M. Bebeau, and S. Thoma, "A Neo-Kohlbergian
approach: The DIT and Schema Theory," Educ. Psychol. Rev., vol. 11,
no. 4, pp. 291-324, 1999.
[42] T.J. Shawver and J.T. Sennetti, "Measuring ethical sensitivity and
evaluation," J. Bus. Ethics, vol. 88, pp. 663-678, 2009.
[43] L. Nucci, "Goethe's Faust revisited: Lessons from DIT research," J.
Moral Educ., vol. 31, pp. 315-324, 2002.
[44] A.M. Rizzo and L.L. Swisher, "Comparing the Stewart-Sprinthall
Management Survey and the Defining Issues Test-2 as measures of
moral reasoning in public administration," J. Public Adm. Res. Theory, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 335-348, 2004.
[45] J. Borenstein, M.J. Drake, R. Kirkman, and J. L. Swann, "The Engineering and Science Issues Test (ESIT): A discipline-specific approach
to assessing moral judgment," Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 16, no. 2,
pp. 387-407, 2010.
[46] R.S. Harding, D.D. Carpenter, C.J. Finelli, "Two Years Later: A longitudinal look at the impact of engineering ethics education," in Proc.
120th ASEE Annual Conf. & Exposition, June 2013.
[47] D.J. Self and E.M. Ellison, "Teaching engineering ethics: Assessment of its influence on moral reasoning skills," J. Eng. Educ., vol. 87,
no. 1, pp. 29-34, 1998.
[48] M.J. Drake, P.M. Griffin, R. Kirkman, and J.L. Swann, "Engineering Ethical Curricula: Assessment and comparison of two
approaches," J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, pp. 223-231, 2005.

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

63
http://www.prism http://www.magazine.org/ http://http:// http://www.nspe.org/resources/pdfs/Ethics/CodeofEthics/Code-2007 http://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/474/portal http://www.niee.org
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine - June 2015
