Do No Harm Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Route Selection
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/123#Do_No_Harm_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Route_Selection
Properties
Instance of
DoNoHarmObligationinProfessionalEngineeringServices
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DoNoHarmObligationinProfessionalEngineeringServices
Applied to
Road route specification and advisory services to the state
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Greatest Good Balancing Principle in Public Infrastructure Decisions
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A's obligation to advise the state on feasible and reasonable solutions for amicable resolution reflects the professional duty to minimize harm — specifically the harm of condemnation and displacement of the historic farmhouse owners — through the performance of engineering services
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
The do-no-harm obligation requires Engineer A to actively seek solutions that avoid or minimize the harm of condemnation, not merely to note that condemnation is legally available
Invoked by
Engineer A Route Selection Design Engineer
Tension resolution
The do-no-harm obligation operates as a constraint on the greatest-good standard, requiring Engineer A to minimize harm through creative alternatives before recommending the legally available but most harmful option
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has an obligation to advise the state on feasible and reasonable solutions in an attempt to reach an amicable resolution of this matter, consistent with the interests of the public.
Text references
Engineer A has an obligation to advise the state on feasible and reasonable solutions in an attempt to reach an amicable resolution of this matter, consistent with the interests of the public
TTL
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case123:Do_No_Harm_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Route_Selection a proeth:DoNoHarmObligationinProfessionalEngineeringServices,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Do No Harm Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Route Selection" ;
proeth:appliedto "Road route specification and advisory services to the state" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Greatest Good Balancing Principle in Public Infrastructure Decisions",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's obligation to advise the state on feasible and reasonable solutions for amicable resolution reflects the professional duty to minimize harm — specifically the harm of condemnation and displacement of the historic farmhouse owners — through the performance of engineering services" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "123" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "123" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The do-no-harm obligation requires Engineer A to actively seek solutions that avoid or minimize the harm of condemnation, not merely to note that condemnation is legally available" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Route Selection Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Do No Harm Obligation in Professional Engineering Services" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has an obligation to advise the state on feasible and reasonable solutions in an attempt to reach an amicable resolution of this matter, consistent with the interests of the public." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The do-no-harm obligation operates as a constraint on the greatest-good standard, requiring Engineer A to minimize harm through creative alternatives before recommending the legally available but most harmful option" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has an obligation to advise the state on feasible and reasonable solutions in an attempt to reach an amicable resolution of this matter, consistent with the interests of the public" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 123 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:14:43.752936"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 123 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
123
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00
First case
123
Generated
2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00
Attributed to
Case 123 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:14:43.752936
Generated by
ProEthica Case 123 Extraction