Urban Ethics: Conflicts Over the Good and Proper Life in Cities

This book explores the ethical dimension of urban life, examining how conflicts over the good and proper life shape urban conflicts and futures. It offers multidisciplinary insights into how ethical discourses, ideals, and values are harmonized with material interests of different groups through case studies from various eras and parts of the globe.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the ethical dimension of urban life, exploring the complexities of how individuals should navigate and thrive in urban environments. It raises important questions about what constitutes a 'good life under urban conditions, who has access to it, and whose moral and ethical ideals prevail. The book goes beyond mere philosophical contemplation and instead examines how urban conflicts and urban futures are often framed as conflicts over the good and proper life in cities. By examining a range of case studies, from environmental protection to co-housing schemes, political protest to heritage preservation, the book offers a deep understanding of how ethical discourses, ideals, and values are harmonized with the material interests of diverse groups.

Through multidisciplinary insights, ethnographic research, and conceptual tools, the book provides valuable resources for exploring and better understanding these conflicts. It questions the ways in which urban ethics draw on the tacit moral economies of urban life and explores how these moral economies can become explicit, political, and programmatic.

Chapters 1 and 11 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. This allows readers to access and engage with the valuable insights and discussions presented in the book, contributing to the ongoing dialogue on urban ethics and sustainable urban development.

Weight: 590g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367545949