Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Coastal residential development project design standard recommendation
Future Residents and Public Coastal Safety Stakeholder
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A determined that the residential development project must be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation to protect the public safety of future residents, even though Client A refused to agree due to increased cost
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, public welfare requires Engineer A to maintain the 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation against client cost objections, because future residents who will occupy the development have no voice in the design standard decision and are entirely dependent on Engineer A's professional judgment for their safety
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
Public welfare obligation overrides client cost preference; Engineer A must not subordinate the safety standard to Client A's economic interests
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise
Text references
Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation
Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise
TTL
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case87:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment a proeth:PublicWelfareParamount,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:appliedto "Coastal residential development project design standard recommendation",
"Future Residents and Public Coastal Safety Stakeholder" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A determined that the residential development project must be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation to protect the public safety of future residents, even though Client A refused to agree due to increased cost" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, public welfare requires Engineer A to maintain the 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation against client cost objections, because future residents who will occupy the development have no voice in the design standard decision and are entirely dependent on Engineer A's professional judgment for their safety" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Public welfare obligation overrides client cost preference; Engineer A must not subordinate the safety standard to Client A's economic interests" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation",
"Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.733246"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.733246
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction