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
100-year storm surge elevation requirement
Coastal residential development design standard determination
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A determined that a 100-year projected storm surge elevation standard was necessary to protect future residents and the general public, and refused to subordinate that determination to Client A's cost-reduction preferences
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
Public welfare requires that engineering design standards be set at levels that genuinely protect future occupants and the public from foreseeable harm, even when the client's cost preferences would result in a lower standard
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
Public welfare obligation prevails over client cost preferences when the safety risk to future residents and the general public is substantial
Source Evidence
Source text
when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail
Text references
Engineer A has determined, based on historical weather patterns and data, that the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation
Engineer A's determination is based upon a reasonable and good faith belief that a less stringent standard would place future residents, as well as the general public, at risk and have the potential to cause significant property and environmental damage
when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail
TTL
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"Coastal residential development design standard determination" ;
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"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
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proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A determined that a 100-year projected storm surge elevation standard was necessary to protect future residents and the general public, and refused to subordinate that determination to Client A's cost-reduction preferences" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Public welfare requires that engineering design standards be set at levels that genuinely protect future occupants and the public from foreseeable harm, even when the client's cost preferences would result in a lower standard" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:sourcetext "when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Public welfare obligation prevails over client cost preferences when the safety risk to future residents and the general public is substantial" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has determined, based on historical weather patterns and data, that the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation",
"Engineer A's determination is based upon a reasonable and good faith belief that a less stringent standard would place future residents, as well as the general public, at risk and have the potential to cause significant property and environmental damage",
"when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail" ;
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prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.743202"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.743202
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction