> but is that to mean that engineers are supposed to turn a blind eye to ethical issues in the products their employers sell? Those engineers understand the ob

> but is that to mean that engineers are supposed to turn a blind eye to ethical issues in the products their employers sell? Those engineers understand the obvious problems with facial recognition software. Everyone does. The engineers building this software don't need philosophical training. Instead, they need a personal/professional ethics (or, in lieu of such self-regulatory instincts, government regulation). Again, neither of those presents a philosophical problem. > Other engineering disciplins whole-heartedly disagree. Regulation is besides the point. I disagree. Other engineers disagree precisely because they operate in highly regulated disciplines. PE codes of ethics are not (just) personal ethical commitments; rather, they are (also) backed by the force of law. BTW, lots of engineers build WMDs.