Eric Katz

Emeritus
About Me
I was born. I live.
Education
Ph.D.; Boston University; 1983
M.A.; Boston University; 1977
B.A.; Yale University; 1974
Teaching Interests
Engineering Ethics; Holocaust studies; Philosophy of technology; Social impacts of technology; Environmental Ethics and Philosophy; Plato
Past Courses
ENG 352: TECHNICAL WRITING
HSS 405: PHIL SEM: PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO
HSS 405: PHIL SEM: THE PHIL OF PLATO - HONORS
HSS 405: PHIL SEM:HISTORY OF IDEAS
HSS 405: PHIL SEM:HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY - HONORS
HSS 405: PHIL SEM:PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO - HONORS
HSS 405: PHIL SEM:PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO- HONORS
HSS 408: STS SEM:
HSS 408: STS SEM: NAZI SCIENCE & TECHNOL
HSS 408: STS SEM: WHAT IS A MACHINE? IDENTITY, EXPERTISE AND THE PROFESSION OF ENGINEERING
Research Interests
The intersection of ethics, technology, nature, and genocide.
Book Review
"Review of Carolyn Merchant AUTONOMOUS NATURE (Routledge 2016)"
Environmental Ethics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2018.
"Review of Svein Anders Noer Lie, Philosophy of Nature: Rethinking Naturalness"
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, February, 2017.
"Review of Dieter Birnbacher "Naturalness: Is the 'Natural" Preferable to the 'Artificial'""
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
"Review of Dale Jamieson, REASON IN A DARK TIME"
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2015.
"Review of Holmes Rolston, Three Big Bangs: Matter-Energy, Life, Mind (Columbia Univ. Press, 2010)"
Environmental Ethics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2012.
"Review of Bron Taylor's DARK GREEN RELIGION"
Environmental Ethics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2011.
Journal Article
Eric M. Katz. 2018. ""Replacement and Responsibility: The Problem of Ecological Restoration as Moral Repair"." ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 17-28.
Eric M. Katz. 2015. ""Geoengineering, Restoration, and the Construction of Nature"." Environmental Ethics, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 485-498.
Eric M. Katz. 2014. ""Anthropocentric Indirect Arguments: Return of the Plastic-tree Zombies"." Ethics, Policy, and Environment, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. pp. 264-266.
Eric M. Katz. 2014. ""Reconsidering the Turn to Policy Analysis"." Environmental Ethics, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 131-132.
Eric M. Katz. 2014. ""The Nazi Comparison inn the Debate over Restoration: Nativism and Domination"." Environmental Values, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 377-398.
Eric M. Katz. 2012. ""Further Adventures in the Case against Ecological Restoration"." Environmental Ethics, vol. 34, no. 2012, pp. 67-97.
Book
Eric M. Katz. "Anne Frank's Tree: Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust." 199 pages pp. White Horse Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-874267-85-0.
Chapter
Eric M. Katz. ""Preserving the Distinction between Nature and Artifact"." In Gregory Kaebnick, eds., pp. 71-83. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Eric M. Katz. ""Convergence and Ecological Restoration: A Counterexample."." In Ben A. Minteer, eds., pp. 185-195. Temple University Press, 2009.