Vol.2, No 5, 2005 pp. 455 - 463
UDC 504:070.11.17
ECO-HUMANIST ORIENTATION OF ENGINEERING
EDUCATION AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
Vesna Nikolić, Vesna Miltojević
Faculty of Occupational Safety, 18000 Niš, Čarnojevića 10, Serbia and
Montenegro
Abstract. Keeping in mind the beliefs of our numerous contemporaries
that we are living in a society of high technological, social and ecological
risks, the authors point to both the positive and negative consequences
of technical and technological development, and, in that context, the need
for an eco-humanization of engineering education. The specific feature
of the eco-humanist orientation lies exactly in its universality; it implies
an attitude towards nature, man, work and, most of all, Life as a general
value. Relating to this, an engineer's moral responsibility is coupled
with such personal qualities as the ability of predicting more immediate
and further consequences of one's activities, as well as the possession
of such merits as prediction and risk prevention, self-control, a critical
attitude towards one's own self, others, etc. Voluntary adherence to the
moral requirements, related to an engineer's professional activities, assumes
a developed belief in the need for such behavior, instead of the fear of
possible punishment and condemnation by others. The building-up of engineering
ethics and the moral responsibility as its backbone, assumes the need for
a complex and holistic approach to the professional education of the engineers
which is, in practice, contrary to traditional (pragmatic) education. Therefore,
the authors of this paper think that it would not be pretentious to consider
the reform of engineering education as the fundamental issue of the future,
that is, as the most significant issue of the society's development without
prejudice, political bias and outdated ways of thinking.
Key Words: Engineering, Eco-humanization of Education, Engineering
Ethics, Sustainable Development
EKOHUMANISTIČKA ORIJENTACIJA TEHNIČKOG
OBRAZOVANJA I ETIKA INŽENJERA
Imajući u vidu stavove brojnih savremenika da živimo u društvu tehnološkog,
socijalnog i ekološkog rizika, autori ukazuju na pozitivne i negativne
posledice tehničko-tehnološkog razvoja i u tom kontekstu na potrebu ekohumanizacije
tehničkog obrazovanja. Specifičnost ekohumanističke orijentacije, upravo,
je u njenoj univerzalnosti; podrazumeva odnos prema prirodi, čoveku, radu,
a pre svega Životu kao opštoj vrednosti. S tim u vezi moralna odgovornost
inženjera je povezana sa takvim ličnim kvalitetima, kao što su sposobnost
predviđanja bližih i daljih posledica svojih aktivnosti, prognoze i predupređivanja
rizika, samokontrole, kritički odnos prema sebi, drugima itd. Dobrovoljno
pridržavanje moralnih zahteva, vezanih za profesionalno delovanje inženjera,
pretpostavlja razvijeno ubeđenje u neophodnost takvog postupanja, a ne
zbog straha od moguće kazne i osude drugih. Izgrađivanje etike inženjera
i moralne odgovornosti kao njenog stožera predodređuje potrebu kompleksnog,
holističkog pristupa profesionalnom obrazovanju ovih kadrova, suprotstavljenom
u praksi tradicionalnom (pragmatičnom) pristupu. Stoga, autori ovog rada,
smatraju da ne bi bilo pretenciozno da se reforma tehničkog obrazovanja
razmotri kao temeljno pitanje budućnosti, odnosno kao najznačajnije pitanje
razvoja društva, bez predrasuda, političke pristrasnosti i zastarelih načina
mišljenja.
Ključne reči: tehnika, ekohumanizacija obrazovanja, inženjerska
etika, održivi razvoj.
