Japan's Engineering Ethics and Western Culture
Social Status, Democracy, and Economic Globalization
Seiten
2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-1291-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-1291-5 (ISBN)
This book examines the broad historical process of introducing engineering ethics in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. The author discusses this process from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also various issues in science, technology, and society studies.
Given that engineering significantly affects modern society, ensuring its reliability is essential. How then should society implement engineering ethics to ensure its reliability? Can we expect engineering ethics to be nurtured naturally in the practice of engineering communities? If not, should the subject be compulsory in educational programs? Japan is among the most advanced countries with respect to engineering; however, it was not until the end of the 1990s that current engineering ethics education was introduced into Japanese engineering education programs. While economic globalization played a significant role in promoting this introduction, expectations of Western individualistic ethics and a hesitancy toward a foreign culture laid the foundation. Japan’s Engineering Ethics and Western Culture: Social Status, Democracy, and Economic Globalization examines the broad historical process of developing engineering ethics from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. Even though the process was rooted in Japan’s original culture and influenced by the ideologies of respective periods, such as nationalism and democracy, it consistently acknowledged trends from the United States and other Western countries. Natsume Kenichi discusses this history from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also science, technology, industry, and higher education policies as well as various issues in science, technology, and society (STS) studies.
Given that engineering significantly affects modern society, ensuring its reliability is essential. How then should society implement engineering ethics to ensure its reliability? Can we expect engineering ethics to be nurtured naturally in the practice of engineering communities? If not, should the subject be compulsory in educational programs? Japan is among the most advanced countries with respect to engineering; however, it was not until the end of the 1990s that current engineering ethics education was introduced into Japanese engineering education programs. While economic globalization played a significant role in promoting this introduction, expectations of Western individualistic ethics and a hesitancy toward a foreign culture laid the foundation. Japan’s Engineering Ethics and Western Culture: Social Status, Democracy, and Economic Globalization examines the broad historical process of developing engineering ethics from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century. Even though the process was rooted in Japan’s original culture and influenced by the ideologies of respective periods, such as nationalism and democracy, it consistently acknowledged trends from the United States and other Western countries. Natsume Kenichi discusses this history from a comprehensive perspective, including not only engineering education but also science, technology, industry, and higher education policies as well as various issues in science, technology, and society (STS) studies.
Natsume Kenichi is associate professor at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology.
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Engineering Ethics in Prewar Japan
Engineering Education and Ethics in Postwar Democratization
Import of the Western Engineering System and Its Ethics
Industry–Academia Cooperation: The Ideal and the Real
The Growth of Industrial and Practical Demands
The Globalization of Engineering Qualification and Ethics
The Globalization of Engineering Education and Ethics
Conclusion
Supplemental Glossary
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified; Graphs; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 224 mm |
| Gewicht | 372 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-1291-9 / 1793612919 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-1291-5 / 9781793612915 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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