Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 Dec;25(6):1789-1797. doi: 10.1007/s11948-016-9862-2. Epub 2016 Dec 27.
In the twenty-first century, the urgent problems the world is facing (the UN Sustainable Development Goals) are increasingly related to vast and intricate 'systems of systems', which comprise both socio-technical and eco-systems. In order for engineers to adequately and responsibly respond to these problems, they cannot focus on only one technical or any other aspect in isolation, but must adopt a wider and multidisciplinary perspective of these systems, including an ethical and social perspective. Engineering curricula should therefore focus on what we call 'comprehensive engineering'. Comprehensive engineering implies ethical coherence, consilience of scientific disciplines, and cooperation between parties.
在 21 世纪，世界面临的紧迫问题（联合国可持续发展目标）越来越与庞大而复杂的“系统的系统”有关，这些系统包括社会技术系统和生态系统。为了让工程师能够充分和负责任地应对这些问题，他们不能只关注一个技术或任何其他孤立的方面，而是必须采用更广泛和多学科的视角来看待这些系统，包括伦理和社会视角。因此，工程课程应该侧重于我们所谓的“综合工程”。综合工程意味着伦理一致性、科学学科的一致性以及各方之间的合作。
