Engineering and War: Militarism, Ethics, Institutions, Alternatives

This volume presents undergraduate, engineering students and educators with an introductory text to interpret and ethically evaluate issues of engineering practice in relation to war and violence. Taking the United States as a case study, it examines the history of engineering and engineering education as related to changing ideas of nation nal military interest and shifting forms of geopolitics. It provides a philosophical foundation for understanding engineers ethical responsibilities as influential actors and world citizens. Additional case studies examine how engineering students protested against what they saw as the over-militarization of their universities, and reveals models of how engineering students have actively sought to make their universities more just institutions. Engineering and Warfare provides the ethical and historical foundation for undergraduate engineers to proclaim their own places as engineers of the future.