edifice

is both the physical environment (i.e. Buildings and roads) and our moral-ethical systems as artifacts and material fictions.

a' 'Both our physical environment-- buildings and roads, for instance-- and our moral-ethical system are cultural artifacts, works of the imagination that Tuan calls 'edifices.' (from the back of the book). Tuan, Yi-Fu. Morality and Imagination: Paradoxes of Progress

is the cultural artifact and work of imagination of both our physical environment and our moral-ethical system.

Both our physical environment-- buildings and roads, for instance-- and our moral-ethical system are cultural artifacts, works of the imagination that Tuan calls 'edifices.'

edifice, n.Definitions

edifice