Towards an ethics of conceptual engineering

This paper is a prolegomenon to an ethics of conceptual engineering. Ethics construed as primarily concerned with reasons for action, not belief, and it argued that most such are be understood in terms their connection well-being. In the case engineering, this well-being engineer others. There alethic but they derivative, many philosophical norms applying within engineering itself, parsimony respect history concept. moral practical wisdom will core virtue engineers. Reaching agreement should key aim engineers, likely achieved effectively by philosophers working together research groups close collaboration other groups. The largely isolationist model dominant contemporary philosophy itself needs