Preston Stovall | Professional Virtue, Professional Self-Awareness, and Engineering Ethics
Stovall introduces Aristotle's main arguments and definitions from the Nicomachean Ethics and discusses how professional virtue can best be seen as a subset of Aristotle's ethical virtues. He uses the example of professional engineering virtues to make his case, further emphasizing the role of professional self-awareness in developing a flourishing and successful professional career.
-Stovall states that the ___________ of a profession is that which uniquely specifies it as the profession it is.
A) ethics
B) status
C) function
D) education

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Stovall argues that the function of a profession uniquely specifies it, aligning with Aristotle's view that the function of a thing defines its essence.