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    Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering WM0324LR

    Assignment 1 Frans Loekito / 4776887

    EPQ Test Result:


    - Idealism 36
    - Relativism 32

    Comment on the Test and Result:


    My scores resembles closely the mean score, as I experienced the same “vagueness”
    when anwering the questions. For example, the claim: “Moral behaviors are actions that closely
    match ideals of the most “perfect” action” can be both disagreed and agreed on. People can
    disagree on it, as “perfect” is an objective scale, thus morality, which is subjective in a certain
    community, cannot be used as a comparison. However, morality can also be percieved as
    objective, for example, when comparing the morality standard between two different
    communities. In this sense, moral behavior is the most perfect action.

    Responsibility Issue on the Fumes on Plane Case:


    The engineers working at the airline, aircraft manufaturer, and engine manufacturers
    have passive and active responsibilities in this matter. In passive responsibilities, not only the
    engineers have to answer to the family of the deceased (accountability), they are also partly
    responsible for not preventing the matter (blameworthiness). Theis active responsibility is then
    to prevent the same problem from happning in the future.

    Role of Code of Conduct:


    The case is a bit hard to solved, as the companies involved, engine and plane
    manufacturers, and most importantly, airlines, seems like working together to cover up, or even
    blatantly deny the relevance of the toxic fumes to health condition. In this case, the engineers
    in the companies involved would have broken the “Luegenbiehl’s Ethical Principal for
    Engineers in a Global Environment” as a engineering code of conduct, as it is stated in the
    code: “Engineers should endeavor to keep the public informed of their decisions which have
    the potential to seriously affect the public, and to be truthful and complete in their disclosures”.

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