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    Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship (edited book)
    with Luis A. Camacho, Colin Campbell, David A. Crocker, Eleonora Curlo, Herman E. Daly, Eliezer Diamond, Robert Goodland, Allen L. Hammond, Nathan Keyfitz, Robert E. Lane, Judith Lichtenberg, David Luban, James A. Nash, Martha C. Nussbaum, ThomasW Pogge, Mark Sagoff, Juliet B. Schor, Michael Schudson, Amartya Sen, Alan Strudler, Paul L. Wachtel, Paul E. Waggoner, David Wasserman, and Charles K. Wilber
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1997.
    In this comprehensive collection of essays, most of which appear for the first time, eminent scholars from many disciplines—philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, demography, theology, history, and social psychology—examine the causes, nature, and consequences of present-day consumption patterns in the United States and throughout the world.
  • Alienness and Agency
    Dissertation, University of Michigan. 1975.
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    Résumé La théorie générale du contrôle et de la communication, mieux connue sous le nom de ‘cybernétique’, est habituellement considérée comme le fruit des recherches liées à la deuxième guerre mondiale aux Etats-Unis, menées principalement par le mathématicien américain Norbert Wiener (1894–1964). Dans le cadre de son travail pour l'armée, Wiener a développé une théorie générale des régulations. Nous nous intéressons aux origines de la théorie générale des régulations en Allemagne (Allgemeine R…Read more
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    Human agency -- Alienness : experiencing one's own incoherence -- Alienness, understanding, and self-deception -- God's project of self-deception -- Alienation and political agency -- How we fooled ourselves into believing in progress -- The monetary illusion -- The good life and economic activity -- Human activity : a molecular approach to action theory.
  • Palestinians’ Right of Return and Israel’s Right to Exist as a Jewish State
    Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly 28 (3/4): 9-14. 2008.
    Efforts to negotiate a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have been stymied, in part, by a lack of clarity about the nature and strength of the rights that each side asserts. When Palestinianssay they have a right to return to their pre-1948 homes, or when Israelis say the Jewish state has a right to exist, are they claiming moral rights or legal rights? Are the rights in question absolute, or are they to be balanced against other rights? Success in clarifying these issues could prov…Read more
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    La théorie générale du contrôle et de la communication, mieux connue sous le nom de ‘cybernétique’, est habituellement considérée comme le fruit des recherches liées à la deuxième guerre mondiale aux Etats-Unis, menées principalement par le mathématicien américain Norbert Wiener . Dans le cadre de son travail pour l'armée, Wiener a développé une théorie générale des régulations. Nous nous intéressons aux origines de la théorie générale des régulations en Allemagne , montrant qu'elle prend naissa…Read more
  • God's project
    In Charles Harry Manekin & Robert Eisen (eds.), Philosophers and the Jewish Bible, University Press of Maryland. 2008.
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    Agency and Alienation: A Theory of Human Presence
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1996.
    1 Action Theory q What is it to be an agent? • What is it to be passive rather than active? q What is an action? • On what basis do we make the distinction ...
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    Despite the United States' economic abundance, "the good life" has proved elusive. Millions long for more time for friends and family, for reading or walking or relaxing. Instead our lives are frantic, hectic, and harried. In Graceful Simplicity, Jerome M. Segal, philosopher, political activist, and former staff member of the House Budget Committee, expands and deepens the contemporary discourse on simple living. He articulates his conception of a politics of simplicity--one rooted in beauty, pe…Read more
  • A Different Way Of Thinking About The Two-state Solution
    Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly 30 (1/2): 2-7. 2010.
    As peace negotiations in the Mideast continue to fail, perhaps we should consider an alternative way of conceiving the proposal for creating two independent Arab and Jewish states. What would the two-state solution look like if rather than turning away from the underlying reality of a common homeland, we were to embrace that reality?
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    Argues that Americans have found that economic abundance is not fulfilling in itself, and suggests ways to change how we think about money and the simple life