The Ethical Education and Perspectives of Chinese Engineering Students: A Preliminary Investigation and Recommendations
The Ethical Education and Perspectives of Chinese Engineering Students: A Preliminary Investigation and Recommendations
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中国工科学生的道德教育与展望：初步调查与建议
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发表时间：
2019
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3.7
通讯作者：
R. Clancy
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作者：
R. Clancy
为了发展更有效的跨文化和国际工程伦理教育，进行了一项研究，以确定中国工程学生对伦理的学习和思考。最近的研究表明，传统的道德教育方法可能是无效的，但也指出了改善道德行为的方法。与美国工科学生相比，中国工科学生(1)接受的伦理教育较少；(2)他们所接受的教育形式强调美德伦理或道德品格的发展；(3)把伦理学与法律对立起来，因为伦理学处理的是法律所不包括的对与错的问题。在此基础上，结合道德心理学和行为伦理学的研究成果，提出了改进国内外工程伦理教育的建议。
To develop more effective ethics education for cross-cultural and international engineering, a study was conducted to determine what Chinese engineering students have learned and think about ethics. Recent research shows traditional approaches to ethics education are potentially ineffective, but also points towards ways of improving ethical behaviors. China is the world’s most populous country, graduating and employing the highest number of STEM majors, although little empirical research exists about the ethical knowledge and perspectives of Chinese engineering students. When compared to engineering students in the US, Chinese engineering students (1) received less ethics education; (2) the form of the education they did receive stressed virtue ethics or the development of moral character; (3) conceive of ethics in contradistinction to the law, where ethics deals with matters of right and wrong not covered by legality. Based on these findings and research in moral psychology and behavioral ethics, recommendations are made for improving engineering ethics education both in China and abroad.