Ali and everyone
Nothing directly personal here. It is only how our actual institutions are
and have always been..."engineered" starting in the 17th-18th century
Europe, only by and for the then 'Leisure class'; now globalized by the
same, having become cosmopolitan.
If interested to learn more about the origin, nature, ethics, and
motivations of the Western type institution of learning and higher
learning, Engineering, Design, and Fine Arts included, please refer to
Chapter 14 ("The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary
Culture", in 'The Theory of the Leisure Class', by Thorstein Veblen
François
Rwanda
On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Ali Ilhan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Jinan and Richard,
>
> Without diving headfirst into a discussion about the root of all the evil
> in the world, I do not think that an average engineer is more (or less)
> ethical than an average doctor or designer. I don’t know any data source
> about an ethical conduct index (pun intended), but a good chunk of
> designers work for “evil” corporations (more pun intended) . A design
> academic recently declared (many times) every designer and engineer working
> for Uber morally bankrupt. I don’t think any of us holds a higher moral
> ground to arrive at such sweeping conclusions.
>
> My two cents,
> Ali
>
>
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