Erich Hatala Matthes, professor of philosophy at Wellesley College, will explore ways that the aesthetic character of places—inviting, strange, threatening, familiar, comforting, creepy, seedy, sinister, somber, serene, etc.—can impact moral, prudential, and political norms that operate in those spaces. This will in turn lead to questions about how we should approach our power to shape the aesthetic character of places.