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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452553503321

Autore

Taylor William M. <1960-, >

Titolo

Prospects for an ethics of architecture / / William M. Taylor and Michael P. Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

0-203-72103-9

1-283-88579-4

1-135-72336-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LevineMichael P (Michael Philip)

Disciplina

174/.972

Soggetti

Architecture and philosophy

Architecture and society

Architecture - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Ethics, architecture and philosophy -- Architecture, ethics and aesthetics -- Architecture and culture -- Experiencing architecture -- Writing on 'the Wall': memory, monuments and memorials -- Building community: new urbanism, planning and democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of 'the good' and a theory of 'the right', than with remaining open to mult