Charles Edwin Harris, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. As an undergraduate he majored in biology and minored in chemistry and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. He is co-author of a widely-used textbook in engineering ethics, and he has published numerous papers, most of them in the field of ethics. He has spent most of his career at Texas A&M University, and he teaches courses in ethical theory, applied ethics, and professional ethics for engineers.