Environmental Ethics and Invention: A Case Study

这个项目将开发一个课程模块，可用于各种各样的课程，以说明如何将环境伦理融入发明和设计过程。该模块将从一个太阳能加热系统的发明者的案例研究开始，他是由环境和市场问题驱动的。学生将有机会设计符合环境可持续发展标准的自己的技术；他们必须评估他们的设计，既要考虑其生态稳定性，又要从实际的经济角度出发，证明他们的技术可以如何推向市场。之后，学生将分析和比较他们自己的设计过程，特别关注道德问题在设计决策中的作用。为了确定其有效性，该模块将在一门针对工程和文科学生的关于发明和设计的特殊课程中进行试点和评估。然后将编制这份报告，分发给全国的教员。＊＊＊

9319983 Gorman This project will develop a course module that can be used in a wide variety of classes to illustrate how environmental ethics can be integrated into the invention and design process. The module will begin with a case study of an inventor of solar heating systems who is motivated both by environmental and market concerns. Students will then be given a chance to design their own technology that meets the criteria of environmentally sustainable development; they will have to evaluate their design both for its ecological soundness and from a practical economic perspective, demonstrating how their technology could be marketed. Afterwards, students will analyze and compare their own design processes, focusing especially on the role of ethical concerns in making design decisions. To determine its effectiveness, this module will be piloted and evaluated in a special course on invention and design intended for students from both engineering and the liberal arts. It will then be prepared for dissemination to instructors nationwide. ***