Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hal.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!cwruecmp!hal!mxs From: mxs@hal.UUCP (Marcos Salganicoff) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.philosophy Subject: the defense industry and the graduating engineer. Message-ID: <140@hal.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 21:35:31 EST Article-I.D.: hal.140 Posted: Sat Dec 8 21:35:31 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 06:36:26 EST Organization: CWRU Medical School, Cleveland Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.politics:6214 net.philosophy:1290 [munch me tender, munch me sweet...] As a soon to be graduating engineer (E.E. in my case) I have begun to interview with various companies, some doing more defense oriented than others. I have a hard time tangling with some of the ethics involved in the design of weapons of any kind and what my social responsibility is as an engineer. Except for various conversations with miscellaneous fellow students, I have never heard of any formal conference or course at any university dedicated to this issue. Several people have mentioned it in passing, but I doesn't seem to be as important as the money to many people. Could anyone recommend any good starting points for me? thanks in advance, -Marcos (decvax!cwruecmp!hal!mxs)