The Ethics of Acceptable Safety
The Ethics of Acceptable Safety
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可接受的安全伦理
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2015
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A. Rae
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作者：
I. Habli;T. Kelly;Kevin Macnish;C. Megone;M. Nicholson;A. Rae
安全关键系统的工程师有责任解决在这些系统的开发、评估、操作和维护中可能出现的道德问题。在安全风险评估过程中处理伦理困境尤其具有挑战性，特别是在制定和证明有关风险可接受性的决策时。由于组织问题和合同限制不一定符合道德责任的界限，这一点尤其复杂。在本文中，我们探讨了其中的一些困境，并讨论了工程师在识别、分析和有效应对有关安全风险决策的伦理问题方面的职责。我们通过简短的案例研究来说明这些问题，这些案例研究突出了与安全建议伦理、安全和成本权衡、新技术和机构支持有关的特定问题。
Engineers of safety-critical systems have a duty to address ethical is- sues that may arise in the development, assessment, operation and maintenance of these systems. Dealing with ethical dilemmas during safety risk assessment is par- ticularly challenging, especially when making and justifying decisions concerning risk acceptability. This is particularly complicated by organisational issues and contractual limits that do not necessarily align with the boundaries of ethical re- sponsibility. In this paper, we explore some of these dilemmas and discuss the duties of engineers to identify, analyse and respond effectively to ethical concerns about safety risk decisions. We illustrate these through short case studies that highlight particular issues relating to the ethics of safety advice, safety and cost tradeoffs, novel technologies and institutional support.