> So management bears no blame for requiring illegal work be done, on pain of termination? Said another way, engineers now need to be technical and legal experts in the business domain?

This is a red herring. The oath is not needed merely for illegal work. In fact, the more common use cases will likely be legal. It's a common sentiment, but: Don't conflate ethics with legal.

> Most software engineers are not like doctors. We have little autonomy over what is created. Our responsibility is primarily the how. And with devops sometimes the actual deployment and maintenance itself.

This is not a dichotomy - there can be a spectrum. You can restrict it to those who do know what the product is used for, or at least have good guesses for them.

And while not everyone is this way, I wouldn't really want to work in a job for long if I'm not told what the code I'm writing is for. It's not even an ethical concern for me - it just makes for a boring job. Ideally I want people to tell me the problem they are solving and give me some leeway in crafting a solution. Don't come to me with a solution and ask me to implement it.