Ethics and Aesthetics in Architecture - Steve Kennedy

Ethics&Aesthetics

Hillel the Elder teaching a man the meaning of the whole Torah while he stands on one

foot

ethics ˈɛθɪks/ noun

plural noun: ethics; noun: ethics 1.

moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an

activity."medical ethics also enter into the question"

synonyms: moral code, morals, morality, moral stand, moral principles,

moral values, rights and wrongs, principles, ideals, creed, credo, ethos,

rules of conduct, standards (of behaviour), virtues, dictates of

conscience "the ethics of journalism"

2.

the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles."neither metaphysics

nor ethics is the home of religion"

Ethics

Noun

1.  moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.”

2.  synonyms: moral code, morals, morality, moral stand, moral principles, moral values, rights and wrongs, principles, ideals, creed, credo, ethos, rules of conduct, standards (of behaviour), virtues, dictates of conscience

Purity Ethics:

moral systems which pursue morality for the sake of some notion of purity. Responsibility Ethics:

moral systems which pursue morality of the sake of some notion of responsibility.









2.



Morals

Noun

1.  standards of behaviour; principles of right and wrong

2.  synonyms: moral code, code of ethics, moral standards, moral values, principles, principles of right and wrong, rules of conduct, standards/principles of behaviour, standards, morality, sense of morality, scruples

‘If I am not for myself who is for me?

And being for my own self, what am ‘I’ ?

And if not now, when?”









2.



Aesthetics

Noun

1.  a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty

2.  the branch of philosophy which deals with questions of beauty and artistic taste

the aesthetic object is unique among man-made objects [because] it possesses a life of its own

Dennis Dutton

wemaydefineBeautyassuccessfulexpression`

TheoryofAesthe,c,Benede9oCroce

wemaydefineBeautyassuccessfulexpressionorbe9er,asexpressionandnothingmore,becauseexpression,whenitisnotsuccessful,isnotexpression.

TheoryofAesthe,c,Benede9oCroce

Think about it ……

all those ugly buildings are simply, unsuccessful expression.

simply,

Think about it … all thosare

Or …............... sinister

Si…....m…........ply,



Or maybe – just plain banal









2.



Sincerity

Noun

1.  the absence of pretence, deceit or hypocrisy

2.  synonyms: honesty, genuineness, truthfulness, good faith, lack of deceit, integrity, probity, trustworthiness:

Honour

Noun

1.  the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right

2.  Synonyms: integrity, honourableness, honesty, uprightness, ethics, principle, morality, righteousness

To be honourable and to act honourably is what I believe we are obligated to do

Is it ethical or honourable to create a building that is so brilliant in its conception and realisation, so profoundly beautiful that it changes the history of the world ….......................... even though the people for whom it was created find it unusable









2.



Trust

Noun

1.  the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right

2.  synonyms: confidence, belief, faith, freedom from suspicion/ doubt, sureness, certainty, certitude, assurance, conviction, credence, reliance









2.



Is it ethical to design a building whose purpose is one any moral person could not in all conscience support even though it is aesthetically extraordinary

to provide for or give support to, especially by providing necessities

SUSTAIN: verb

SUSTENANCE: noun

means of maintaining health or life: nourishment

architecture is a conscious crystallization of contemporary cultural values

charles jencks

OUR AESTHETIC POSITION ON THE MYRIAD OF QUESTIONS THAT ARISE DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS

FUNDAMENTALLY REFLECT OUR ETHICAL POSITION

SOME AESTHETICSQUESTIONS THAT REFLECT OUR ETHICS

TRADITION versus INNOVATION

FIT versus CONTRAST

LOUD versus QUIET

SIMPLICITY versus COMPLEXITY

NATURAL versus MECHANISTIC

GRACE versus AWKWARDNESS

FASHION versus TRADITION

ORDER versus DISORDER

HUMAN versus MONUMENTAL

EMOTIONAL versus RATIONAL

ANDSOON

THANKYOU

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