The ethics of architecture / Mark Kingwell.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (176 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197558577 (ebook) :Subject(s): Architecture -- Philosophy
| Architecture -- Moral and ethical aspectsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197558546DDC classification: 720.1 LOC classification: NA2500 | .K49 2021Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'The Ethics of Architecture' offers a short and approachable scholarly introduction to a timely question: In a world of increasing population density, how does one construct habitable spaces that promote social goals like health, happiness, environmental friendliness, and justice? What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and their associates in building enjoy vast influence on how we all live, work, play, worship, and think. With this influence comes tremendous, and not always examined, responsibility. This book addresses the range of ethical issues that architects face, with a broad understanding of ethics.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'The Ethics of Architecture' offers a short and approachable scholarly introduction to a timely question: In a world of increasing population density, how does one construct habitable spaces that promote social goals like health, happiness, environmental friendliness, and justice? What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and their associates in building enjoy vast influence on how we all live, work, play, worship, and think. With this influence comes tremendous, and not always examined, responsibility. This book addresses the range of ethical issues that architects face, with a broad understanding of ethics.
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