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Engineering Ethics Should Be Part of Technical Training

An argument is being made that engineering ethics belongs in core technical training rather than as an optional add-on. Writing for IEEE Spectrum, the case is put forward that engineers should be taught ethical reasoning alongside technical skills, given how deeply engineering decisions affect society. Readers are debating whether ethics can genuinely be taught in technical programmes or whether it emerges from professional experience.

Why now: Ongoing concerns about the societal impact of technology are pushing ethics in engineering education back into debate.

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