1st Edition

Urban Enlightenment Multistakeholder Engagement and the City

By Shane Epting Copyright 2023
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book applies the concept of moral ordering to urban affairs. It demonstrates how multi-stakeholder engagement can enhance the quality of city life while supporting ambitions such as ethical urban sustainability and human flourishing. While there is a history of philosophers viewing cities as technologies, cities’ encompassing nature inherently limits them. Urban sustainability matters... Read more

1. Introduction 

2. From Cities to Municipalities 

3. Moral Extensionism and the Municipality 

4. Moral Ordering’s Structure 

5. Marginalized and Vulnerable Stakeholders 

6. The Public 

7. The Nonhuman World 

8. Future Generations 

9. Urban Artifacts 

10. Towards Congruent Knowledge for City Living 

11. Municipalities, Urban Dwellers, and Urban Enlightenment 

12. Urban Enlightenment, Participatory Budgeting, and Promising Projects

Biography

Shane Epting is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. His previous books include The Morality of Urban Mobility: Technology and Philosophy of the City, Saving Cities: A Taxonomy of Urban Technologies, and Ethics in Agribusiness: Justice and Global Food in Focus.