Engineer A Route Selection Greatest Good Multi-Interest Balancing
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/123#Engineer_A_Route_Selection_Greatest_Good_Multi-Interest_Balancing
Properties
Instance of
GreatestGoodMulti-InterestBalancingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GreatestGoodMulti-InterestBalancingObligation
Case context
Engineer A retained by the state to specify a road route connecting two towns; the shortest workable route requires condemnation of a historic multi-generational family farmhouse whose owners are unwilling to sell.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (Route Selection Design Engineer, retained by JKL Engineering under state contract)
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to balance the interests of all relevant parties — the state, the two towns, and the historic farmhouse owners — applying the greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number standard while identifying creative alternative solutions such as physical relocation of the historic farmhouse, so that the state can make a fully informed route selection decision.
Temporal scope
During route specification and advisory process, before final route recommendation is submitted to the state
Relationships
competesWith
Creative Third Path Solution Exploration Engineer A Route, Engineer A Route Selection Historic Property Displacement Harm Minimization
Source Evidence
Source text
it is the Board of Ethical Review's position that Engineer A has an ethical obligation to balance the interests of all interested and relevant parties, including the state, the two towns in question, and the owners of the historic family farmhouse.
Text references
While in general the Board is of the view that the rule in favor of the greatest good for the greatest number should prevail under the circumstances as those presented in this case—which would suggest potential condemnation proceedings—there may be alternative creative solutions that might exist to address the issue.
it is the Board of Ethical Review's position that Engineer A has an ethical obligation to balance the interests of all interested and relevant parties, including the state, the two towns in question, and the owners of the historic family farmhouse.
TTL
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case123:Engineer_A_Route_Selection_Greatest_Good_Multi-Interest_Balancing a proeth:GreatestGoodMulti-InterestBalancingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Route Selection Greatest Good Multi-Interest Balancing" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case123:Creative_Third_Path_Solution_Exploration_Engineer_A_Route,
case123:Engineer_A_Route_Selection_Historic_Property_Displacement_Harm_Minimization ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/123#Farmhouse_Owner_Refusal_—_Third-Party_Property_Rights>,
case123:Historic_Farmhouse_Multi-Party_Interest_Balancing,
case123:Historic_Farmhouse_Third-Party_Impact ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A retained by the state to specify a road route connecting two towns; the shortest workable route requires condemnation of a historic multi-generational family farmhouse whose owners are unwilling to sell." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case123:Greatest_Good_Balancing_Principle_Invoked_in_Route_Selection_Case,
case123:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Route_Selection ;
proeth:discoveredincase "123" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:05:45.073046+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "123" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:05:45.073046+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (Route Selection Design Engineer, retained by JKL Engineering under state contract)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Greatest Good Multi-Interest Balancing Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to balance the interests of all relevant parties — the state, the two towns, and the historic farmhouse owners — applying the greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number standard while identifying creative alternative solutions such as physical relocation of the historic farmhouse, so that the state can make a fully informed route selection decision." ;
proeth:sourcetext "it is the Board of Ethical Review's position that Engineer A has an ethical obligation to balance the interests of all interested and relevant parties, including the state, the two towns in question, and the owners of the historic family farmhouse." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During route specification and advisory process, before final route recommendation is submitted to the state" ;
proeth:textreferences "While in general the Board is of the view that the rule in favor of the greatest good for the greatest number should prevail under the circumstances as those presented in this case—which would suggest potential condemnation proceedings—there may be alternative creative solutions that might exist to address the issue.",
"it is the Board of Ethical Review's position that Engineer A has an ethical obligation to balance the interests of all interested and relevant parties, including the state, the two towns in question, and the owners of the historic family farmhouse." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 123 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:14:43.765160"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 123 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
123
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:05:45.073046+00:00
First case
123
Generated
2026-02-28T00:05:45.073046+00:00
Attributed to
Case 123 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:14:43.765160
Generated by
ProEthica Case 123 Extraction