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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... once the stresses in a structure pass a certain point, they often increase exponentially to the point where fracture or collapse occurs. Like a bridge, our planet has begun to show similar strain, and the stresses on it have begun to ...
... once the stresses in a structure pass a certain point, they often increase exponentially to the point where fracture or collapse occurs. Like a bridge, our planet has begun to show similar strain, and the stresses on it have begun to ...
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Thomas Fisher. which there was a nutrient and one microbe, whose progeny divided once every minute, doubling the population every time. At 60 minutes, the microbes will have filled the vial and consumed all their food, but at 59 minutes ...
Thomas Fisher. which there was a nutrient and one microbe, whose progeny divided once every minute, doubling the population every time. At 60 minutes, the microbes will have filled the vial and consumed all their food, but at 59 minutes ...
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... once had. Ironically, Adam Smith's ideas may become even more important as we adjust to such changes. While communists focused on use value, and capitalists on exchange value, we might, instead, focus on the ethical values implicit in ...
... once had. Ironically, Adam Smith's ideas may become even more important as we adjust to such changes. While communists focused on use value, and capitalists on exchange value, we might, instead, focus on the ethical values implicit in ...
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... once again work, but the disapproval of neighbours can only go so far. The other check on 'natural selfishness and rapacity' of rich, thought Smith, was the development of a virtuous character. Smith was quite dismissive of the ...
... once again work, but the disapproval of neighbours can only go so far. The other check on 'natural selfishness and rapacity' of rich, thought Smith, was the development of a virtuous character. Smith was quite dismissive of the ...
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Thomas Fisher. fundamental changes in our lives. As Einstein once observed, 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them', and that is true of our political economy as it is of particle physics. Many ...
Thomas Fisher. fundamental changes in our lives. As Einstein once observed, 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them', and that is true of our political economy as it is of particle physics. Many ...
Continguts
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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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