Architectural Design and EthicsRoutledge, 9 de maig 2008 - 264 pàgines Architectural Design and Ethics offers both professional architects and architecture students a theoretical base and numerous suggestions as to how we might rethink our responsibilities to the natural world and design a more sustainable future for ourselves. As we find ourselves on the steep slope of several exponential growth curves – in global population, in heat-trapping atmospheric gases, in the gap between the rich and poor, and in the demand for finite resources, Fisher lays down a theory of architecture based on ethics and explores how buildings can and do provide both social and moral dimensions. The book also has practical goals, demonstrating how architects can make better and more beautiful buildings whilst nurturing more responsible, sustainable development. Architectural Design and Ethics will prove an invaluable text not only to those in the architecture field, but to anyone simply interested in the ethical issues surrounding our built environment. |
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... dilemmas. In times of dramatic change, questions about what constitutes a good life or the right thing to do come to the fore, and helping people sort out what such a life or action might be like are key responsibilities that both ...
... dilemmas. In times of dramatic change, questions about what constitutes a good life or the right thing to do come to the fore, and helping people sort out what such a life or action might be like are key responsibilities that both ...
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... dilemma of our tinkering around the edges of a problem within a still-resistant context. More people use 'green' products, but so too do more products end up in landfills, and more companies have 'greened' their buildings, but most ...
... dilemma of our tinkering around the edges of a problem within a still-resistant context. More people use 'green' products, but so too do more products end up in landfills, and more companies have 'greened' their buildings, but most ...
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... dilemma of what to do when there are no markets in which to exchange, or when the people who most need something – like the hundreds of millions of people with little or no access to fresh water – don't have the means to purchase it ...
... dilemma of what to do when there are no markets in which to exchange, or when the people who most need something – like the hundreds of millions of people with little or no access to fresh water – don't have the means to purchase it ...
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... dilemmas and human inequities of the most profound kind. Such ethical dilemmas demand that designers re-examine our own methods and how our work gets used in ways that we may not intend. The computer scientist Herbert Simon defined ...
... dilemmas and human inequities of the most profound kind. Such ethical dilemmas demand that designers re-examine our own methods and how our work gets used in ways that we may not intend. The computer scientist Herbert Simon defined ...
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How nature suffers in the naturalistic fallacy | 35 |
Why having less is more | 69 |
When virtues are no vice | 103 |
Drafting a new social contract | 135 |
The needs of duty | 171 |
The consequences of ignoring consequences | 203 |
References | 237 |
Index | 245 |
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