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RISDiscussion of “<i>Plain Engineering: Philosophical and Ethicial View</i>” by Steven S. Crider (April, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 2)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>Engineers Legislative Alliance of Wisconsin (ELAW)</i>” by C. Allen Wortley (October, 1989, Vol. 115, No. 4)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>Existentialism, Engineering, and Liberal Arts</i>” by David A. Bella (July, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Considering the Future in Public Works Planning
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: It can be argued that designers of public works projects, in common with others, have some duty to provide for future generations. Various ideas about the nature of that duty have been advanced, including some discussions ...
Efficiency, Equity, and Drainage Design
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Of the various philosophical concepts considered, those presumably acceptable to a democratic society are utilitarianism and several notions which emphasize equity. Social welfare functions, which map individual preference ...
Public Works: Rational Choice of Design Period
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Engineers have relied generally on judgment in selecting a design period for a project. Yet it can be argued that designers of public works owe a duty to future people to minimize constraints upon future actions to the ...
Discussion of “<i>Should Engineering Schools Address Environmental and Occupational Health Issues</i>” by Dennis J. Paustenbach (April, 1987, Vol. 113, No. 2)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>Can Civil Engineers Make the Difference by Involvement in Political Process?</i>” by John Louis Vadnal (July, 1987, Vol. 113, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>Organizations and Systematic Distortion of Information</i>” by David A. Bella (October, 1987, Vol. 113, No. 4)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>Why Can't You Ethicists Tell Me the Right Answers?</i>” by Alastair S. Gunn and P. Aarne Vesilind (January, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 1)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers