His sister, Jane Jacobs, was a leading twentieth century urbanist and reformer.
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics, written by Jane Jacobs in 1992, describes two fundamental and distinct ethical systems, or syndromes as she calls them, that of the Guardian and that of Commerce.
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Suggested reading on the CBG website includes the anti-institutional philosopher, Ivan Illich (The Rivers North of the Future) and the descriptions of self-organizing societies by Jane Jacobs (The Death and Life of Great American Cities) and Deborah Gordon (Ants at Work).
The group was led by professor Andrew Biemiller and transit advocate Steve Munro, and had the support of city councillors William Kilbourn and Paul Pickett, and urban advocate Jane Jacobs.