Moral Case Analysis following Rae’s 7-Step Moral Reasoning Model

There are many situations in our life that physically and emotionally irritate or stress us. We
occasionally run into problems in life that we are unable to solve. Although it is essential to who we are,
we occasionally make bad decisions that make us unhappy and full of regrets. As a result, if we run across
particular problems, employing Scott Rae's 7-step technique will be helpful. The following are examples
of how to make a decision using reason, morality, and ethics.
Step 1- Gather the facts

 As recently reported by The Guardian, hundreds of migrants workers have died in Qatar the
last two years as result of the construction boom surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
 Zaha Hadid, Hon. FAIA, who designed the Al-Wakrah stadium.
 Wouter Vanstiphout, a Dutch critic, tweeted: “Qatar Stadium, the Burma Railroad of
Parametricism.” Likewise, horrible living and working conditions on the sites of the cultural
projects designed by Frank Gehry, FAIA, and Jean Nouvel, FAIA, in Abu Dhabi
Step 2- Determine the ethical issues

  Should they work on projects they know or suspect might not be constructed in a way that
ensures the health, well-being, and safety of those building it as the highest priority?
 Whom architects should work?
 should architects wash their hands of such conditions and watch what might be vastly inferior
structures go up?
 Designs catch our attention or the project is particularly overt in its ideological nature.

Step 3- Determine what virtues or principles have a bearing on the case

The Virtues or principles involved in the case would be under established philosophical principes
which are

 kinds of clients who can command such resources have power. Evil dictators and rapacious
corporations make the best clients. But at a cost.
 Hadid has designed schools for troubled youth, cancer centers, and urban projects that bring a
human scale to vast developments—yet she has also found herself working for developers who
have fewer concerns for site or humanity.

Step 4- List the alternatives

Step 5- Compare the alternatives with the virtues or principles

Step 6- Consider the consequences

 As an architect, the bigger you build, the more you have to worry about the moral and ethical
consequences of your work.
 every large project brings its own dangers.
Step 7- Make a Decision
I do think it is clear that architects should avoid working on some structures in which their very
architectural skills will be used for oppression and violence. For that reason I support the petition created
by Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility calling on architects to refuse to design
maximum-security prisons. Beyond that, the scene is murkier. One can only hope that architects such as
Hadid will do the right thing even at the risk of the smooth execution of their visions.