104 research outputs found
The morality of urban mobility: technology and philosophy of the city Philosophy, technology and society./ Shane Epting ; foreword by Lewis Gordon.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."Shane Epting illustrates that the problem of "moral prioritization" rests at the heart of problems with city transportation systems. To overcome such challenges, he develops a multitiered assessment system that shows how to evaluate complicated affairs in urban mobility"--The Road Ahead -- Moving and Thinking -- Thinking, Moving, and Parts -- Moving, Parts, and Morality -- The Pathway to Moral Ordering -- Moral Prioritization in Urban Mobility -- Love, Respect, and Urban Mobility -- Moving, Thinking, and Cooperating -- Moral Ordering and Worthwhile Goals -- Thinking, Moving, and the Future.1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)
Introduction to Food Justice and the Built Environment
No full textThe need for the comingling of theory and practice in food justice is particularly striking in the context of the built environment, where reactive policies without a theoretical framework and theories which do not take into account the surprises found in application have both failed many times in the past. Shane Epting calls for transdisciplinary collaboration to find paths toward food justice
Creating Future Cities: Technology, Ethics, and the Fight for the Good Life
No full textThis book fleshes out the idea that everything about the city involves a fight for the good life. From how we conceptualize it to its streets and the fiber-optic cables beneath them, nothing is excluded from creating the cities we want to call home. In turn, this book continues Shane Epting\u27s ideas developed in Urban Enlightenment and Meaning in the Metropolis. It begins with an examination of how scholars define the term city. He argues that while cities are often described as ecosystems or technologies, these views should be abandoned in most cases. Instead, Epting maintains that cities are groups of people capable of shaping the built environment and its supporting technologies, united by the goal of creating places where people can live their best lives. This is the fight for the city. That fight involves many elements vital to city living, such as streets, land use, historic preservation, and preparation for extreme weather. He argues that fighting for the city is not merely about control. Rather, its purpose is to create environments that foster human flourishing while safeguarding communities against disaster. Creating Future Cities will be essential reading for scholars and advanced students in philosophy, urban studies, and architecture
The Morality of Urban Mobility: Technology and Philosophy of the City
No full textCities’ transportation systems affect people, ecosystems, and future generations, and they increase tensions between historical preservation, social justice concerns, and future needs. In turn, all of these factors deserve consideration, but not equally. A just and moral way forward must prioritize values in how we give preference in planning decisions.
Shane Epting illustrates that the problem of “moral prioritization” rests at the heart of these problems. To overcome such challenges, he develops a multitiered assessment system that shows how to evaluate complicated affairs in urban mobility. This book brings philosophical underpinnings of public works into full view, showing how the love of wisdom benefits the ongoing and future transportation issues of our increasingly urbanized world
Climate Issues: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
No full textA panel discussion comprised of various experts discussed climate issues affecting our world from a biological, geological and philosophical perspective in person and online via Zoom.
The panel of experts includes the following Missouri S&T faculty: Dr. Shane Epting, an assistant professor of philosophy; Dr. Robin Verble, an associate professor of biological sciences; and Dr. Wan Yang, professor of geology and geophysics.
The panel was moderated by Dr. Shannon Fogg, Professor of History and Political Science and the Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education (CASE)
Saving Cities: A Taxonomy of Urban Technologies
No full textThis book makes the case that several urban technologies contribute to wicked problems such as climate change and vast social and economic inequalities. Such situations often create unfavorable conditions for mental life in cities. These conditions force us to expand the taxonomy of technology to include new designations: “wicked” and “saving” technologies. Epting holds that the latter can support worthwhile goals such as socially just urban sustainability. Along with fleshing out this view, he provides concrete examples of saving technologies, which include cohousing initiatives, ariel cable cars, participatory budgeting, and car-free zones/cities. Highlights a school of thought that wrestles with questions about living in a rapidly urbanizing world Reveals the urgent need for an ethical approach that focuses on urban affairs Shows how philosophical inquiries that pertain to urban centers have practical benefit
Advancing Food Sovereignty through Interrogating the Question: What is Food Sovereignty?
No full textThe topic of food sovereignty has received ample attention from philosophers and interdisciplinary scholars, from how to conceptualize the term to how globalization shapes it, and several areas in between. This bounty of research informs us about food sovereignty\u27s practical dimensions, but the theoretical realm still has lessons to teach us, especially how to develop action-based guides to achieve it. This paper is an exploration in that direction. To have that effect, the author interrogates the question, what is food sovereignty? , through asking about its motivations, scale, and the answers that will inform solutions. This process reveals that, despite the differences between conceptions of food sovereignties, there is a pattern at play that concerns their nature. The benefit of gaining an understanding of this pattern is to uncover the necessary elements that each solution will require
Transportation Planning for Automated Vehicles—Or Automated Vehicles for Transportation Planning?
No full textIn recent years, philosophical examinations of automated vehicles have progressed far beyond initial concerns over the ethical decisions that pertain to programming in the event of a crash. In turn, this paper moves in that direction, focusing on the motivations behind efforts to implement driverless vehicles into urban settings. The author argues that the many perceived benefits of these technologies yield a received view of automated vehicles. This position holds that driverless vehicles can solve most if not all urban mobility issues. However, the problem with such an outlook is that it lends itself to transportation planning for automated vehicles, rather than using them as part of planning efforts that could serve urban mobility. Due to this condition, present efforts aimed at improving transportation systems should resist dogmatic thinking. Instead, they should focus on goals that keep topics such a human flourishing, sustainability, and transportation justice firmly in view
The Ethics of Agribusiness: Justice and Global Food in Focus
No full textThis book offers an original perspective on food supply chains. It argues that the ability to trade food on a global scale could be intrinsically good aside from any instrumental value that people gain from it.
While the author\u27s argument seems to counter wholesale anti-agribusiness views, it is consistent with the larger goals of food-justice movements. The author examines the structures of food supply chains, revealing the kinds of harm they help produce. They include slavery, abusive labor, geopolitical exploitation, ecological degradation, and public health impacts. Although the book argues that food supply chains can be collectively beneficial, eliminating their immoral features must hold steady as a continuous enterprise. Securing this outcome means that we go beyond critique. The final chapter advocates for the sustainable food label to address issues of food justice and food sovereignty.
Ethics in Agribusiness will interest researchers and advanced students working in food ethics, environmental ethics, and agricultural ethics
Philosophy of the City and Transportation Justice
No full textTransportation infrastructure and policy has an extensive history of social injustice. Today, such concerns also include environmental factors such as climate change that affect people in several regions and across the globe. There are also topics such as subsidies, disability services, land use regulations, distribution of services, urban sprawl, and zoning issues that require consideration for transportation decisions that are not immediately known. Despite having several issues that intersect with social justice, philosophers have, until recently, neglected to thoroughly study transportation. However, this trend is changing, and transportation justice, as an area of study within philosophy of the city, is gaining momentum. This chapter examines recent progress and some future directions that it could go, revealing different ways that philosophers of the city can contribute to how we understand and address issues in transportation justice
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