TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN VALUES: THE "CIRCLE OF ACTION"

Today there is a "circle of action" in which changes in technology bring on changes in human values and therefore changes in technology. The engineer, intimately involved in this circle of action, has the special responsibility to ponder consequences and to disseminate information concerning the possible effects of his innovations on the human value system. To do this he must develop a much closer working relationship with the humanist. He must come to understand the interrelationships of technology and human values and, indeed, what constitutes the good life.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Horgan, J D
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engineering; Human factors
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047542
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1973 12:00AM