Sustainability and Ethics

Framing

This debate concerns architecture's ethical responsibility to sustainability and future generations. Kant's cosmopolitics emphasizes Earth as sphere with limited resources, demanding responsible action. Climate change intensifies this ethical imperative.

Positions

Position A: Kantian Ethics

Kant's cosmopolitics provides ethical foundation for sustainability. Humans should act as mutually dependent, responsible subjects. Architecture must negotiate between theory and practice, considering global consequences.
Key texts: morgan-kant-for-architects

Position B: Latourian Cosmopolitics

Latour's cosmopolitics emphasizes diplomatic composition of common world with nonhumans. Gaia and the new climatic regime demand architectural response that goes beyond humanist ethics.
Key texts: yaneva-latour-for-architects

Key Texts

• morgan-kant-for-architects — Kantian sustainability ethics
• yaneva-latour-for-architects — Latourian cosmopolitics