Columbia University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1988
Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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    Philosophy and Geography I: Space, Place, and Environmental Ethics (edited book)
    with Andrew Light, Jonathan M. Smith, Annie L. Booth, Robert Burch, John Clark, Anthony M. Clayton, Matthew Gandy, Eric Katz, Roger King, Roger Paden, Clive L. Spash, Eliza Steelwater, and James L. Wescoat
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1996.
    The inaugural collection in an exciting new exchange between philosophers and geographers, this volume provides interdisciplinary approaches to the environment as space, place, and idea. Never before have philosophers and geographers approached each other's subjects in such a strong spirit of mutual understanding. The result is a concrete exploration of the human-nature relationship that embraces strong normative approaches to environmental problems
  • John Locke
    In Peter F. Cannavò & Joseph H. Lane (eds.), Engaging nature: environmentalism and the political theory canon, The Mit Press. 2014.
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    This book brings together the most current thinking about the Anthropocene in the field of Environmental Political Theory ('EPT'). It displays the distinctive contribution EPT makes to the task of thinking through what 'the environment' means in this time of pervasive human influence over natural systems. Across its chapters the book helps develop the idea of 'socionatural relations'--an idea that frames the environment in the Anthropocene in terms of the interconnected relationship between huma…Read more
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  • By analysing Rousseau's conception of the general will, Zev Trachtenberg characterises the attitude of civic virtue Rousseau believes individuals must have to cooperate successfully in society. Rousseau holds that culture affects political life by either fostering or discouraging civic virtue. However, while the cultural institutions Rousseau endorses would motivate citizens to obey the law, they would not prepare citizens to help frame it. Rousseau's view of culture thus works against his accou…Read more
  • By analysing Rousseau's conception of the general will, Zev Trachtenberg characterises the attitude of civic virtue Rousseau believes individuals must have to cooperate successfully in society. Rousseau holds that culture affects political life by either fostering or discouraging civic virtue. However, while the cultural institutions Rousseau endorses would motivate citizens to obey the law, they would not prepare citizens to help frame it. Rousseau's view of culture thus works against his accou…Read more
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    Rousseau's measure of successful politics is a society's success at governing itself in accordance with its general will. But the general will might fail--because the members of society are guided by their own private interests, or because the range of their preferences for societal action is too broad. Both possible sources of failure can be counteracted by the shaping of attitudes by culture. ;To see how culture affects individuals it is necessary to trace Rousseau's speculative history of hum…Read more
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    Good Neighbors Make Good Fences: Frost's 'Mending Wall'
    Philosophy and Literature 21 (1): 114-122. 1997.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Good Neighbors Make Good Fences: Frost’s “Mending Wall”Zev TrachtenbergDefenders of the institution of private property have considered at length its benefits to individuals: for Aristotle it allows for the practice of certain virtues; for Hegel it allows for the expression of free human personality. 1 Property is also, of course, seen as the foundation of political society: for Locke men form government to enforce their property rig…Read more
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    By analysing Rousseau's conception of the general will, Zev Trachtenberg characterises the attitude of civic virtue Rousseau believes individuals must have to cooperate successfully in society. Rousseau holds that culture affects political life by either fostering or discouraging civic virtue. However, while the cultural institutions Rousseau endorses would motivate citizens to obey the law, they would not prepare citizens to help frame it. Rousseau's view of culture thus works against his accou…Read more
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    Human Engineering and the Value of Autonomy
    Ethics, Policy and Environment 15 (2). 2012.
    Ethics, Policy & Environment, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 244-247, June 2012
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    The Anthropocene, Ethics, and the Nature of Nature
    Télos 2015 (172): 38-58. 2015.