ENGR496 Note

The primary reason for this note is that the random question in class about the previous class is so scary (when the lecture slide of previous class has not been uploaded)

Lec 10

The primacy of safety

• minor design decisions can bring harms or benifit to millions of people
• Engineers are responsible for the consequences that result from intended and unintended - but foreseeable - effects of engineering

He Jiankui gene editing case

he is acting in ethically acceptable way?
can we make ethically unacceptable actions to purse moral goods?

Chapter 6

Lec 11

Oral exam

• Introduction of the case (very important)
• 10 steps

Lec 12

mainly group discussion