As always, things are little more complicated:
On whether Moses' roads do or do not exclude
buses, see the always entertaining Steve Woolgar
(with Geoff Cooper):
"Do Artefacts Have Ambivalence? Moses' Bridges, Winner's Bridges and Other Urban Legends"
Social Studies of Science, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jun., 1999), pp. 433-449
Cameron
On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:26 AM, toon wrote:
> hi all,
>
> As a product design student in my third year I am beginning
> to get more and more interested in the ethics of designers.
> What are our moral (unwritten) codes. Or is there such a
> thing all together?
>
> I think we have to take responsibility for our actions. And
> that our actions should involve making the world a
> better place.
>
> If we look at the following example:
> "Robert Moses, the master builder of roads, parks, bridges,
> and other public works of the 1920s to the 1970s in New
> York, built his overpasses according to specifications that
> would discourage the presence of buses on his parkways."
> from "Do Artifacts Have Politicis" Langdon Winner 1986.
>
> Could we then say that Robert Moses is not a designer as
> defined bij Herbert Simon? He, afterall, did not design for
> a better world, but for more segregation.
>
> What are your thoughts? Does anyone have some intersting
> readings I could consult?
>
> Thanks for your time
> toon
>
>
> --
> "The act of invention and creation is
> pleasurable."
> Anthony Leyland 11:09
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