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Write a 8 page essay on Philosophy of human conduct/ethics.There are obviously ethical arguments on non-aesthetic qualities of building, such as the economic and social developments of creating buildi

Write a 8 page essay on Philosophy of human conduct/ethics.

There are obviously ethical arguments on non-aesthetic qualities of building, such as the economic and social developments of creating buildings, such as what types of building should be erected and for whom, the environmental impact of buildings, and others. Nevertheless, even though the response provided to these ethical concerns may influence the form,

and thus the aesthetic substance of buildings, in this paper the concern will be primarily on the whether the aesthetic quality of buildings in itself can be a reasonable subject matter of moral praise or criticism (Fox, 2000).

Initially, the logical response to this aesthetic concern appears clearly a ‘yes’, at least with regard to a number of buildings. for instance, Auschwitz. According to Jan van Pelt and Dwork (1996), some individuals designed the buildings of Auschwitz concentration camp. Definitely, then, these buildings were ethically erroneous.

Yet this exceptional and obviously evident case underlines the difficulty of applying directly ethical criticisms at the aesthetic outline of buildings. There are two dilemmas. Primarily, is it right to held accountable the buildings of Auschwitz for the dreadful things that took place in and around them? Certainly, such criticism overlooks its right target. the moral criticism should fairly be blamed at the people who mobilized and executed mass slaughter at Auschwitz. In simple terms, moral criticism accepts moral agency, and hence is merely appropriately applied to people and their conducts or behavior, not to lifeless objects such as buildings. To be certain, ethical criticism of the significant individuals might involve those who participated in designing the buildings of Auschwitz, but remember again, the criticism is hauled at those people, not the inanimate buildings as such (ibid). As for the lifeless objects which buildings belong to, their moral blamelessness is manifested by the reality

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