| Region: | American philosophy |
| Era: | Contemporary philosophy |
| Debra Satz | |
| Main Interests: | Political philosophy Philosophy of social science Philosophy of economics Philosophy of education Ethics Feminist philosophy Freedom of speech Global justice Democracy Justice Ethics and international relations Ethics and markets |
| Education: | City College of New York (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Institutions: | Stanford University |
Debra Satz is an American philosopher and the Vernon R. & Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.[1] She is the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society, Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, Political Science. She teaches courses in ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of social science.
Satz earned a BA in philosophy from the City College of New York, then a PhD in philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her research has focused on the ethical limits of markets, the place of equality in political philosophy, theories of rational choice, democratic theory, feminist philosophy, and issues of international justice. She has published in Philosophy and Public Affairs, Ethics, and The Journal of Philosophy, among other journals.
Satz was named to the 2018 Class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Satz received the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford's highest teaching award, in 2004. The award cited her "extraordinary teaching that combines rigorous thought with serious engagement in the moral dilemmas facing humanity." She also co-founded and teaches in the Hope House Scholars Program, through which incarcerated women and volunteer faculty examine personal experience in the context of ethics, moral philosophy and social justice.