Steve F. Sapontzis Explained

Steve F. Sapontzis
Birth Name:Steven Frederic Sapontzis
Birth Date:9 February 1945
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Notable Works:Morals, Reason, and Animals
Institutions:California State University, East Bay
Thesis Title:Merleau-Ponty and Philosophical Methodology
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/openview/b4d10648afb0cccd8c010223febf36b4/
Thesis Year:1971
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Steven Frederic Sapontzis[1] (born February 9, 1945) is an American philosopher and professor emeritus of philosophy at California State University, East Bay who specializes in animal ethics, environmental ethics and meta-ethics.

Life and career

Sapontzis was born in New York City, the son of Zissis Peter and Lea Marie Vial Sapontzis.[2] He obtained his BA from Rice University in 1967, his MPhil in 1970, and PhD from Yale University in 1971; his thesis was entitled Merleau-Ponty and Philosophical Methodology.[3] Sapontzis joined the philosophy faculty at California State University, East Bay, in 1971, and became professor emeritus in 1999.[4]

Sapontzis was co-founder in 1985 of the journal and served as its initial co-editor.[5] He was a member of the board of the American Philosophical Quarterly (1991–1994), and sat on the animal welfare research committee at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1986–1990).[6]

In 1983, Sapontzis founded, with his wife, the Hayward Friends of Animals Humane society. They now operate Second Chance, Helping the Pets of People in the Need, in California.[7] Sapontzis was also one of the first members of the board of directors of the Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals.

Sapontzis has authored numerous papers,[8] as well as two books: Morals, Reason, and Animals (1987)[9] and Subjective Morals (2011).[10] He also edited the book Food for Thought: The Debate over Eating Meat (2004).[11]

Selected publications

Books

Papers

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj4hAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Steven+Frederic+Sapontzis%22&pg=PA1318 . Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1972: January-June . Library of Congress, Copyright Office . 1974 . 1318 . en . Books.
  2. Web site: Steve F. Sapontzis Papers 1978-2001: Summary . 2020-04-24 . NC State University Libraries.
  3. Web site: Sapontzis . Steve Frederic . Merleau-Ponty and Philosophical Methodology . 2024-01-24 . ProQuest . en.
  4. Web site: Directory of Emeritus Faculty. California State University, East Bay. 2020-04-24.
  5. Stockwell, John (1985). "Editorial". Between the Species 1 (1): 1–2.
  6. Web site: Morals, Reason and Animals: Steve Sapontzis interviewed by Claudette Vaughan. abolitionist-online. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100114161007/http://www.abolitionist-online.com/08_steve_sapontzis.shtml. 2010-01-14. 2020-04-24.
  7. Book: Woodhall. Andrew. Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues. Trindade. Gabriel Garmendia da. Springer. 2017. 978-3-319-54549-3. 96. en.
  8. Web site: Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, 1978-2001: Contents . 2024-01-24 . NC State University Libraries . en.
  9. Web site: Morals, Reason, and Animals . 2024-01-24 . Temple University Press.
  10. Web site: Subjective Morals . 2024-01-24 . Rowman & Littlefield.
  11. Haynes, Richard P.. 2008. Food for Thought. The Debate over Eating Meat by Steve F. Sapontzis. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 21. 99–105. 10.1007/s10806-007-9056-7.

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