Urban Ethics: Conflicts Over the Good and Prope, Ege, Moser Hardcover..

Name: Urban Ethics: Conflicts Over the Good and Prope, Ege, Moser Hardcover..
Brand: Taylor & Francis > Multiple Funders

Taylor & Francis > Multiple Funders

Urban EthicsConflicts Over the Good and Proper Life in Cities\nAuthor(s): Moritz Ege, Johannes Moser\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367338428, 978-0367338428\nSynopsis\nThis book delves into the ethical dimension of urban life: how should one live in the city? What constitutes a good life under urban condition? Whose gets to live a good life, and whose ideas of morality, propriety and good prevail? What is the connection between the good and the just in urban life?\n\nRather than philosophizing the good and proper life in cities, the book considers what happens when urban conflicts and urban futures are carried out as conflicts over the good and proper life in cities. It offers an understanding of how ethical discourses, ideals and values are harmonized with material interests of different groups, taking up cases studies about environmental protection, co-housing schemes, political protest, heritage preservatio.