Virtue ethics Virtue ethics is important for engineering the engineered people because it is concerned with the moral sense and not on the market forces that an engineer need in order to be good. Traditional engineering was linked to political and social world, which were tied by the rules of the pharaohs and kings that were non-democratic and repressive. The need of the engineered persons to be what they wanted was largely determined by the powers the engineered individuals would have after the process. Although this is still the case today, the contemporary engineers have the option of changing jobs based on dissatisfaction of the current job (Moriarty, 2001). This option was not available for traditional engineers as engineering by then was largely implicit, which made it lack distinction and clarity. The engineering could not be put under public interest for ethical scrutiny but it was driven by intuition, design experience and estimates that were rough. There used to emerge ethical concerns about the behaviour and character of the engineers at those times. Such engineers were compared with supervisors with sole responsibilities to oversee construction projects (Moriarty, 2001). For example, slaves could build the pyramids having been engineered by the engineers. However, little is known about the engineers of the ancient times though some of them were of high character. In the traditional engineering enterprise, when analysis is done between the engineer, engineered individuals and the engineering process, the engineer used to predominate (Moriarty, 2001). The issue of character of engineers should therefore be regarded with importance. Successful engineers should be orderly, good disciplined and predictable in their methods of solving problems. They should also be even-tempered and abiding to the laws (Moriarty, 2001). Conceptual ethics Conceptual ethics in the modern era is characterized by procedures, means and methods that are explicit. Renaissance brought about conceptual ethics and proceeded to contemporary times with a gradual change of engineering enterprise into a unique practice, which led to the development of methodology that was clear and distinct (Moriarty, 2001). Modernist methods were exhibited in practicing of engineering where the engineered individual, engineer and the concept of engineering was able to stand out. The characteristics and features of the process were regarded with importance than the engineer’s character (Moriarty, 2001). The act gained more value than the actor did. For example, in the recent times of computer technology the actor seems gradually to disappear. Analysis of the modern engineering indicates that appearance and reality are not always the same. The product, personality, the engineered person and the engineer existed in the background as the whole process tended to the centre stage (Moriarty, 2001). Modern engineering is a contribution of Rene Descartes, Leonardo da Vinci and Francis Bacon. For example, Da Vinci incorporated science in various ways to help in engineering projects. Leonardo advocated the importance of linking practice and theory in order for the humankind to benefit (Moriarty, 2001). The methods of Descartes were also largely embraced by the modern engineering. The abstraction notion, dissection and reconstruction from Descartes made the modern engineering