ERIC Number: EJ1415026
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Publication Date: 2024
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ISSN: ISSN-0304-3797
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5898
Fostering Responsible Anticipation in Engineering Ethics Education: How a Multi-Disciplinary Enrichment of the Responsible Innovation Framework Can Help
European Journal of Engineering Education, v49 n2 p283-298 2024
It is crucial for engineers to anticipate the socio-ethical impacts of emerging technologies. Such acts of anticipation are thoroughly normative and should be cultivated in engineering ethics education. In this paper we ask: 'how do we anticipate the socio-ethical implications of emerging technologies responsibly?' And 'how can such responsible anticipation be taught?' We offer a conceptual answer, building upon the framework of Responsible Innovation and its four core practices: anticipation, reflexivity, inclusion, and responsiveness. We forge a more explicit link between the practices of anticipation, reflexivity, and inclusion, while also enriching them with insights from disability studies, STS, design theory, and philosophy. On this basis we present responsible anticipation as an activity of reflective problem framing grounded in epistemic humility. Via the RI-practice of responsiveness we present responsible anticipation as a creative approach to engineering ethics, offering engineering students a critical yet productive perspective on how ethics may inform innovation.
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Ethical Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Innovation, Problem Solving, Epistemology, Ethics
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Language: English
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