CADD Use Technology Substitution Prohibition
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#CADD_Use_Technology_Substitution_Prohibition
Definition
The Board warns that CADD, when used beyond its capacity as a tool, becomes a substitute for professional judgment, creating liability and ethical risk.
Properties
Instance of
TechnologySubstitutionProhibitionPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TechnologySubstitutionProhibitionPrinciple
Applied to
CADD system outputs incorporated into sealed engineering documents
Balancing with
Professional Competence
Responsible Charge Integrity Principle
Concrete expression
The Board warns that CADD, when used beyond its capacity as a tool, becomes a substitute for professional judgment, creating liability and ethical risk.
Confidence
0.95
Interpretation
CADD and similar systems must assist the engineer rather than replace engineering judgment; adopting system-generated solutions the engineer has not prepared or fully understands violates this principle.
Tension resolution
The prohibition is absolute with respect to substitution; the engineer must understand and verify all tool outputs before sealing.
Match Confidence
0.97
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle': Direct match to the existing Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle in the ontology, which addresses the prohibition on using technological tools as substitutes for independent engineering judgment.
Matched Ontology Label
Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A, Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement.
the engineer must utilize such systems to assist the engineer in the performance of professional services and not employ such systems as a replacement for professional competence and expertise.
there may be a temptation for the engineer to incorporate a solution provided by the system which the engineer has neither prepared nor fully understands
Source text
CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement. That translates to a scenario for potential liability.
TTL
@prefix case120: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
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@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case120:CADD_Use_Technology_Substitution_Prohibition a proeth:TechnologySubstitutionProhibitionPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "CADD Use Technology Substitution Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case120:Agent_Engineer_A,
case120:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:appliedTo "CADD system outputs incorporated into sealed engineering documents" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Professional Competence",
"Responsible Charge Integrity Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "The Board warns that CADD, when used beyond its capacity as a tool, becomes a substitute for professional judgment, creating liability and ethical risk." ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:interpretation "CADD and similar systems must assist the engineer rather than replace engineering judgment; adopting system-generated solutions the engineer has not prepared or fully understands violates this principle." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A CADD Document Sealing",
"Engineer B CADD Document Sealing" ;
proeth:principleClass "Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The prohibition is absolute with respect to substitution; the engineer must understand and verify all tool outputs before sealing." ;
proeth:textReferences "CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement.",
"the engineer must utilize such systems to assist the engineer in the performance of professional services and not employ such systems as a replacement for professional competence and expertise.",
"there may be a temptation for the engineer to incorporate a solution provided by the system which the engineer has neither prepared nor fully understands" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:09:59.425228+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.97 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle': Direct match to the existing Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle in the ontology, which addresses the prohibition on using technological tools as substitutes for independent engineering judgment." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:TechnologySubstitutionProhibitionPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement. That translates to a scenario for potential liability." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "The Board warns that CADD, when used beyond its capacity as a tool, becomes a substitute for professional judgment, creating liability and ethical risk." ;
skos:definition "The Board warns that CADD, when used beyond its capacity as a tool, becomes a substitute for professional judgment, creating liability and ethical risk." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:09:59.425228+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 120 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 120 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
120
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:09:59.425228+00:00
First case
120
Generated
2026-06-04T18:09:59.425228+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 120 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 120 Extraction