Michael Davis
- Professor Emeritus
Michael Davis is senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and professor of philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Âé¶¹APP. Before coming to Illinois Tech in 1986, he taught at Case Western Reserve, Illinois State, and the University of Illinois at Âé¶¹APP.
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Philosophy (1972)
Research Interests
Integration of Ethics into Technical Courses
Research Ethics
Social Contract (especially Locke and Hobbes)
Engineering Ethics
Punishment Theory
Awards
From1985-86, has held a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship.
Since 1991, eight grants from the National Science Foundation, including three to integrate ethics into technical courses.
2013-2015, a sub-grant from European Commission 7th Framework Programme (Promoting Global Responsible Research & Social and Scientific Innovation).
Publications
Books
To Make the Punishment Fit the Crime (Westview, 1992)
Justice in the Shadow of Death (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996)
Thinking Like an Engineer (Oxford, 1998)
Ethics and the University (Routledge, 1999)
Profession, Code, and Ethics (Ashgate, 2002);
Actual Social Contract and Political Obligation (Mellen, 2002)
Co-edited:
Ethics and the Legal Professions (Prometheus, 1986)
AIDS: Crisis in Professional Ethics (Temple, 1994)
Conflict of Interest in the Professions (Oxford, 2001)
Edited:
Engineering Ethics (Ashgate, 2005)