{"product_id":"the-goods-of-design-professional-ethics-for-designers-9781786615404","title":"The Goods of Design: Professional Ethics for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the true purpose of the design profession? What ends should professional designers pursue?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirmly rooted in the design practice, this lively and accessible book offers a critical vision that enables designers and students of design of all disciplines to reflect on the purpose of their profession. This book makes the case that professional designers should contribute to the promotion of others’ well-being by designing a world in which people can flourish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing many examples, it helps practitioners and students to analyse the ethics of the work they are asked to do, and guides them in designing material and immaterial artefacts that are conducive to human flourishing. The book also empowers them to discover and analyse the possible moral consequences of their designs, and to act thereupon.\u003cbr\u003eIf design is, as Herbert Simon argued, ‘concerned with how things ought to be’, the influence designers have over the lives of others should not to be taken lightly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book’s timely and original perspective on professional design makes it a required reading for practitioners and students of design, and design scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a turbulent world where everyone designs, who are the professional designers? What characterises their specific role? Finally a book looks at these questions seriously. And it starts with the most difficult one: what ethics should apply to professional designers? Ariel Guersenzvaig offers an updated and critical track with which to discuss this crucial issue.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ezio Manzini, Desis Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially with today’s complex societal challenges, this engaging book is a must-read for all designers, be it a professional designer, a design educator, or design student. By diving into virtue ethics, Ariel Guersenzvaig clarifies and inspires designers to approach the design profession as a practice, and with their practical wisdom to care for and contribute to society. This book takes you on an inspiring and precious ethical journey that emphasizes the importance of learning and self-growth to become virtuous designers who can contribute to the goods of design and society.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Caroline Hummels, Full Professor in Design and Theory for Transformative Qualities at Eindhoven University of Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I: The Design Profession\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Design, Designers and Normativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Professions as Moral Projects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Is design a profession? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Necessary Objections and a Call to Action \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II: An Inquiry into Design Professional Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Charting an Inquiry into Design Professional Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: A philosophical foundation for our inquiry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III: Towards a Practice-Centred Design Professional Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Uncovering a Purpose for Design\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The full circle: from responsibility to action\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Flourishing and Enduring as a Designer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: Teaching Design Professional Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042481242455,"sku":"9781786615404","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786615404.jpg?v=1750954324","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-goods-of-design-professional-ethics-for-designers-9781786615404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}