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Engineering ethics

a situation in which an agent faces more moral obligations or values than can all be met, which better design can sometimes dissolve.

In engineering ethics, moral overload refers to a situation in which an agent faces more moral obligations or values than can all be met, which better design can sometimes dissolve. This meaning comes from Van den Hoven (2011) in Science and Engineering Ethics.[1]

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Van den Hoven, J., Lokhorst, G., & Van de Poel, I. (2011). Engineering and the Problem of Moral Overload. Science and Engineering Ethics, 18(1), 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9277-z

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