Eric Katz
About Me
I was born. I live.
Education
Ph.D.; Boston University; ; 1983
M.A.; Boston University; ; 1977
B.A.; Yale University; ; 1974
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
HSS 408: STS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE & TECHNOLO
HSS 408: STS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HSS 408: STS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - HONORS
HSS 491: HON SEM:PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO
HSS 491: HONORS SEM HUM: NAZI SCI & TECH
HSS 491: HONORS SEM IN HUMANITIES
HSS 491: HONORS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE & TECHN
HUM 211: THE PRE-MODERN WORLD
PHIL 334: ENGINEERING ETHICS
PHIL 334: ENGINEERING ETHICS - HONORS
PHIL 334: ENGINEERING ETHICS HONORS
PHIL 351: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
STS 310: TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN VALUE -HONOR
STS 312: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
STS 312: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY HONORS
STS 312: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY-HONORS
STS 360: ETHICS & THE ENVIRONMENT-HONORS
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
HSS 408: STS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE & TECHNOLO
HSS 408: STS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HSS 408: STS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - HONORS
HSS 491: HON SEM:PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO
HSS 491: HONORS SEM HUM: NAZI SCI & TECH
HSS 491: HONORS SEM IN HUMANITIES
HSS 491: HONORS SEM:NAZI SCIENCE & TECHN
HUM 211: THE PRE-MODERN WORLD
PHIL 334: ENGINEERING ETHICS
PHIL 334: ENGINEERING ETHICS - HONORS
PHIL 334: ENGINEERING ETHICS HONORS
PHIL 351: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
STS 310: TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN VALUE -HONOR
STS 312: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
STS 312: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY HONORS
STS 312: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY-HONORS
STS 360: ETHICS & THE ENVIRONMENT-HONORS
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
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
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Journal Article
Katz, Eric M. (2018). "Replacement and Responsibility: The Problem of Ecological Restoration as Moral Repair". ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 23(1), 17-28.
Katz, Eric M. (2015). "Geoengineering, Restoration, and the Construction of Nature". Environmental Ethics, 37(4), 485-498.
Katz, Eric M. (2014). "Anthropocentric Indirect Arguments: Return of the Plastic-tree Zombies". Ethics, Policy, and Environment, 17(3), pp. 264-266.
Katz, Eric M. (2014). "Reconsidering the Turn to Policy Analysis". Environmental Ethics, 36(2), 131-132.
Katz, Eric M. (2014). "The Nazi Comparison inn the Debate over Restoration: Nativism and Domination". Environmental Values, 23(4), 377-398.
Katz, Eric M. (2015). "Geoengineering, Restoration, and the Construction of Nature". Environmental Ethics, 37(4), 485-498.
Katz, Eric M. (2014). "Anthropocentric Indirect Arguments: Return of the Plastic-tree Zombies". Ethics, Policy, and Environment, 17(3), pp. 264-266.
Katz, Eric M. (2014). "Reconsidering the Turn to Policy Analysis". Environmental Ethics, 36(2), 131-132.
Katz, Eric M. (2014). "The Nazi Comparison inn the Debate over Restoration: Nativism and Domination". Environmental Values, 23(4), 377-398.
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Book
Katz, Eric M. (2015). Anne Frank's Tree: Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust. Cambridge: White Horse Press
Chapter
Katz, Eric M. (2011). "Preserving the Distinction between Nature and Artifact", Gregory Kaebnick (Ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press. (pp. 71-83). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press
Katz, Eric M. (2009). "Convergence and Ecological Restoration: A Counterexample.", Ben A. Minteer (Ed.), Temple University Press. (pp. 185-195). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press
Katz, Eric M. (2009). "Convergence and Ecological Restoration: A Counterexample.", Ben A. Minteer (Ed.), Temple University Press. (pp. 185-195). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press