Engineer A Tool Substitution Refusal
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/121#Engineer_A_Tool_Substitution_Refusal
Definition
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the CD-ROM design library could not substitute for the domain knowledge and professional experience required to competently practice facilities design and construction, and to refrain from treating acquisition of the tool as conferring competence to offer those services.
Properties
Instance of
ToolSubstitutionRefusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ToolSubstitutionRefusalObligation
Case context
The commercial solicitation explicitly claimed that the CD-ROM enabled any engineer to design any construction project regardless of experience. Engineer A accepted this claim and used the tool as a basis for entering a domain of practice in which the engineer had no competence.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the CD-ROM design library could not substitute for the domain knowledge and professional experience required to competently practice facilities design and construction, and to refrain from treating acquisition of the tool as conferring competence to offer those services.
Temporal scope
Upon ordering the CD-ROM and deciding to offer new services based on its availability
Match Confidence
0.82
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Tool Substitution Refusal Obligation': The Technology Non-Substitution Obligation captures the duty to ensure technological tools serve as instruments under the engineer's direction rather than substitutes for professional judgment. This case instantiates that concept specifically in the context of a CD-ROM design library being used to enter an entirely new domain of practice, which is a variant of the same principle. Medium confidence because the existing class focuses on tools within an established practice area, while this case involves using a tool to enter a domain where no competence exists at all.
Matched Ontology Label
Technology Non-Substitution Obligation
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer A
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Technology Substitution Violation
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A orders the CD-ROM and begins to offer facilities design and construction services.
Now - - thanks to a revolutionary new CD-ROM - specifying, designing and costing out any construction project is as easy as pointing and clicking your mouse - no matter your design experience.
Source text
Now - - thanks to a revolutionary new CD-ROM - specifying, designing and costing out any construction project is as easy as pointing and clicking your mouse - no matter your design experience.
TTL
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case121:Engineer_A_Tool_Substitution_Refusal a proeth:ToolSubstitutionRefusalObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Tool Substitution Refusal" ;
proeth-core:obligatedParty case121:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:caseContext "The commercial solicitation explicitly claimed that the CD-ROM enabled any engineer to design any construction project regardless of experience. Engineer A accepted this claim and used the tool as a basis for entering a domain of practice in which the engineer had no competence." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case121:Engineer_A_Technology_Substitution_Violation ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Tool Substitution Refusal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the CD-ROM design library could not substitute for the domain knowledge and professional experience required to competently practice facilities design and construction, and to refrain from treating acquisition of the tool as conferring competence to offer those services." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Upon ordering the CD-ROM and deciding to offer new services based on its availability" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A orders the CD-ROM and begins to offer facilities design and construction services.",
"Now - - thanks to a revolutionary new CD-ROM - specifying, designing and costing out any construction project is as easy as pointing and clicking your mouse - no matter your design experience." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 121 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 121 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.82 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Tool Substitution Refusal Obligation': The Technology Non-Substitution Obligation captures the duty to ensure technological tools serve as instruments under the engineer's direction rather than substitutes for professional judgment. This case instantiates that concept specifically in the context of a CD-ROM design library being used to enter an entirely new domain of practice, which is a variant of the same principle. Medium confidence because the existing class focuses on tools within an established practice area, while this case involves using a tool to enter a domain where no competence exists at all." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:TechnologyNonSubstitutionObligation ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Technology Non-Substitution Obligation" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Now - - thanks to a revolutionary new CD-ROM - specifying, designing and costing out any construction project is as easy as pointing and clicking your mouse - no matter your design experience." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"complianceStatus",
"confidence",
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"obligationStatement",
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"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the CD-ROM design library could not substitute for the domain knowledge and professional experience required to competently practice facilities design and construction, and to refrain from treating acquisition of the tool as conferring competence to offer those services." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the CD-ROM design library could not substitute for the domain knowledge and professional experience required to competently practice facilities design and construction, and to refrain from treating acquisition of the tool as conferring competence to offer those services." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 121 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 121 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
121
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00
First case
121
Generated
2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 121 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 121 Extraction