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Thus, we can apply Kant's categorical imperative to green design as the sus-
tainability imperative: “Design and build only in ways which you can at the same
time will that it should be the future in which you would want to live.” 37
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13. Note that this is not the reasonable engineer standard . This standard adds an onus
to the profession: Not only should an action be acceptable to one's peers in
the profession but also to those outside engineering. An action could very