Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label moral approach centered on people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moral approach centered on people. Show all posts
A design firm publishes a new credo for engineers, policymakers, and planners.
"Maryland-based design firm is seeking to revolutionize the
century-old credo that shapes how policymakers and engineers plan
communities — in order to force planners to prioritize human beings over
automobiles and think deeply about how their decisions affect road
safety.
Toole Design, which has 17 offices in the United States and Canada, last week released a manifesto that seeks to substitute new concepts for the traditional “three Es” — education, enforcement, and engineering — that have guided transportation professionals as they have built the infrastructure of our towns and cities.
The new “three Es” that Toole proposes — “ethics, equity, and empathy” — replace the object- and rule-centered approach that dominates the discipline with a moral one centered on people."
