Professional ethics and social responsibility: military work and peacebuilding

Hersh, M.A. (2022) Professional ethics and social responsibility: military work and peacebuilding. AI and Society, 37(4), pp. 1545-1561. (doi: 10.1007/s00146-021-01238-5)

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Abstract

This paper investigates four questions related to ethical issues associated with the involvement of engineers and scientists in 'military work', including the influence of ethical values and beliefs, the role of gendered perspectives and moves beyond the purely technical. It fits strongly into a human (and planet)-centred systems perspective and extends my previous AI and Society papers on othering and narrative ethics, and ethics and social responsibility. It has two main contributions. The first involves an analysis of the literature through the application of different ethical theories and the application of gendered analysis to discussion of masculinities in engineering and the military. The second is a survey of scientists and engineers to investigate their opinions and experiences. The conclusions draw together the results of these two contributions to provide preliminary responses to the four questions and include a series of recommendations covering education and training, ethical approval of work not involving human participants or animals, the need for organisational support, approaches covering wider perspectives and the encouragement of individual ethical commitment.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Hersh, Dr Marion
Authors: Hersh, M.A.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering
Journal Name:AI and Society
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0951-5666
ISSN (Online):1435-5655
Published Online:16 August 2021
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2021 The Author
First Published:First published in AI and Society 37(4): 1545-1561
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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