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Steve F. Sapontzis | |
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| Born | Steven Frederic Sapontzis February 9, 1945 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Notable work | Morals, Reason, and Animals |
| Spouse |
Jeanne Marie Gocker (m. 1992) |
| Institutions | California State University, East Bay |
| Thesis | Merleau-Ponty and Philosophical Methodology (1971) |
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| Website | www |
Steven Frederic Sapontzis[2] (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.
Sapontzis was born in New York City, the son of Zissis Peter and Lea Marie Vial Sapontzis.[1] He obtained his BA from Rice University in 1967, his MPhil in 1970, and PhD from Yale University in 1971;[3] his thesis was entitled Merleau-Ponty and Philosophical Methodology.[4] Sapontzis joined the philosophy faculty at California State University, East Bay, in 1971, and became professor emeritus in 1999.[3]
Sapontzis was co-founder in 1985 of the journal Between the Species: A Journal of Ethics 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.[7] 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.[1]
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]
