Task:
Prepare an essay (2000 words approx) which uses the ethical theories utilitarianism, duty and rights ethics, and virtue ethics to argue the validity of the following statement:
‘Fire engineering, more than most other branches of engineering, involves social experimentation and this situation will be exacerbated by the introduction of performance based regulation in Scotland.’ A Kilpatrick, 2005.
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