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| HULG0368-1 | Ethics of landscapes
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| Lecturer : | Vincent Furnelle |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course aims to be a seminar on landscape ethics.
It confronts different conceptions of ethics with the practice of the landscape architect's profession:
- moral of happiness (Epicurus and stoicism),
- moral of balance (Aristotle),
- moral of duty (Kant),
- intelligence of historical necessity (Hegel),
- complementarity of convictions and of responsibility (Weber),
- ethics of environmental responsibility (Jonas)
- aesth-ethics (Audi)
It develops thinking and discussions on moral dilemmas about landscape.
It raises questions about societal projects underlying choices on landscape and on the responsibilities of the landscape architect in particular. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course aims at raising awareness of future landscape architects of their growing responsibilities.
It aims to get them to question the choices that their profession involves and to appreciate the many values and ethical principles on which these choices are based. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Theoretical basis of all previous years and practice of the project |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Seminars and exercises
Workshops |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Bibliography given in class |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination
Personal development, based on practical examples, of one the discussion topics presented in class
Evaluation criteria:
Transferable skill, critical mind, sense of responsibilities |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| vincent.furnelle@hech.be |
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