.) German speaking engineers can validate/reevaluate their "position" by checking out: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesinnungsethik http://de.wikipedia.org/wik

.) German speaking engineers can validate/reevaluate their "position" by checking out: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesinnungsethik http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesinnungsethik http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verantwortungsethik http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verantwortungsethik It's strange to see those wikipedia topics don't have an English translations (yet). .) It's certainly interesting to see in which ways engineers who chose to follow "Gesinnungsethik" justify their "choice"... interesting, in the sense of: not differently at all compared to any other profession. I think this is the result of last decade(s) or so of overdone and misunderstood "individualism" culture. .) IF software eats the world - and it certainly looks like this right now - we better make the human beings who wield and create these very powerful tools more sensitive to the responsibilities and consequences of their works. .) I'm sure true treasures can be found regarding this topic in similar discussions which took place in the non-software engineering community decades ago and I guess the statements and positions used there are applicable in the software world.