Guide to the Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, 1978-2001

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Sapontzis, S. F. (Steve F.)
Title: Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, 1978-2001
Call Number: MC 318
Extent: 1.25 linear feet, 3 boxes
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: Collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information: Gift of Steve Sapontzis, 2001 (2001-0020), 2004 (Accession no. 2004-0007)
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, MC 318, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note

Steve F. Sapontzis, professor emeritus of philosophy at California State University East Bay (formerly California State University Hayward), was born in New York City on February 9, 1945, son of Zissis Peter and Lea Marie Vial Sapontzis. He married Jeanne Marie Gocker on December 25, 1992.

Sapontzis began his career at California State University Hayward in 1971 and served as assistant, associate, and full professor of philosophy there until he retired in 1999. He received the B.A. degree from Rice University in 1967. He studied at the University of Paris in 1967-1968 and then enrolled in graduate studies at Yale University, where he completed a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1971.

Sapontzis is the author of Morals, Reason, and Animals (1987) and editor of Food for Thought: the Debate Over Eating Meat (2004). Since 1984, he has been a co-editor of Between the Species: A Journal of Ethics. He was a member of the board of editorial advisors of the American Philosophical Quarterly, 1991-1994, and a member of the animal welfare research committee at Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, 1986-1990. He was also a grantee of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1976 and of the American Council of Learned Societies in 1988. His memberships include the American Philosophical Association, the Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals (board of directors, 1984- ), the American Society for Value Inquiry, and the International Society for Environmental Ethics.

Scope and Content Note

Drafts and offprints of articles, 1978-1998, and reviews, 1982-1996, written by Steve F. Sapontzis, as well as drafts of speeches and presentations by Sapontzis, reviews of his book, Morals, Reason, and Animals, clippings of articles by or about Sapontzis, and flyers and leaflets advertising events at which Sapontzis was to speak. Most of the articles were published in philosophical journals, such as The Journal of Value Inquiry, the American Philosophical Quarterly, Ethics, Ethics and Animals, and Environmental Ethics. The speeches and presentations include speeches prepared for a variety of purposes and settings, including speeches to be given at rallies as well as papers to be read at academic conferences. The clippings are chiefly from The Pioneer at California State University Hayward or The Daily Review, Hayward, Calif. There are also articles from other publications, including newspapers such as the San Francisco Examiner and the Oakland Tribune, and magazines, including the Animals' Agenda and the Animals' Voice.

Organization of the Collection

Types of material (articles, speeches and presentations, reviews, clippings, flyers and leaflets) are filed together. Within each type, arrangement is chronological.

Online Catalog Terms

Animal rights.
Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

List of Publications,1978-1998 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 1]
Value of Human Rights,1978 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 2]
Obligation to be Rational, 1979 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 3]
Are Animals Moral Beings? 1980 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 4]
Critique of Personhood,1981 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 5]
Must We Value Life to Have a Right to It? 1982 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 6]
On Being Morally Expendable,1982 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 7]
Moral Significance of Interests,1982 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 8]
Moral Value and Reason,1983 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 9]
Reply to Nelson,1983 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 10]
Interests and Animals, Needs and Language,1983 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 11]
Predation,1984 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 12]
Some Reflections on Animal Research,1984 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 13]
Editorial, Moral Community and Animal Rights,1985 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 14]
Articles from Between the Species,1986-1988 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 15]
On Justifying the Exploitation of Animals in Research,1988 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 16]
Animal Liberation and Vegetarianism,1988 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 17]
Singer e la Sostituibilita' (Singer and Replaceability),1989 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 18]
Case Against Invasive Research with Animals,1990 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 19]
Unnecessary Fear, Nutrition, and Vegetarianism,1991 [MC 318 Box 1, Folder 20]
We Should Not Manipulate the Genome of Domestic Hogs,1991 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 1]
Animal Rights and Biomedical Research,1991 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 2]
Autonomy as an Excuse fo All-Too-Human Chauvinism,1992 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 3]
On the Utility of Contracts,1992 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 4]
Aping Persons--Pro and Con,1993 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 5]
Violence by and to Animals; Nature of the Value of Nature,1995 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 6]
On Exploiting Inferiors,1995 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 7]
We Should Not Allow Dissection of Animals,1995 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 8]
Entries for Encyclopedia of Animal Rights,1998 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 9]
Typescripts of Forthcoming Articles [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 10]
Reviews by Sapontzis,1982-1983 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 11]
Reviews by Sapontzis,1984, 1993, 1996 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 12]
Speeches and Presentations,1980-1989 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 13]
Speeches and Presentations,1991-2001, undated [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 14]
Other Writings by Sapontzis,1980-1991, undated [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 15]
Other Writings by Sapontzis, undated [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 16]
Reviews of Sapontzis, Morals, Reason, and Animals,1989 [MC 318 Box 2, Folder 17]
Clippings (1 of 2) [MC 318 Box 3, Folder 1]
Clippings (2 of 2) [MC 318 Box 3, Folder 2]
Flyers and Leaflets Advertising Sapontzis Speeches and Other Events,1983-1999 [MC 318 Box 3, Folder 3]