Morals, Reason, and Animals

%xmlchars; ]> mc00318 Guide to the Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, 1978-2001 Processed by: Linda Sellars;machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Sellars North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2005 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, 1978-2001 MC 318 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed by Linda Sellars, September 2005 Encoded by Linda Sellars, September 2005 Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Sapontzis, S. F. (Steve F.) Steve F. Sapontzis Papers, 1978-2001 MC 318 1.25 3 boxes 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. Steve F. Sapontzis, professor emeritus of philosophy at California State University East Bay (formerly California State University Hayward), taught philosophy at California State University Hayward from 1971 until 1999. 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. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 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

Processed by Linda Sellars, September 2005

Encoded by Linda Sellars, September 2005

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. Related Material Animal Rights Network Records, circa 1979 - circa 2002, MC 351 Animal Welfare Institute Records, 1945 - 1994, MC 344 Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights Records, 1985 - 2002, MC 330 Coe (Sue) Prints Documenting Factory Farming, MC 365 Culture and Animals Foundation Collection, 1985 - 2001, MC 320 Giduz (Betsy and Tom) Collection, 1977 - 1990, MC 289 Mechler (Esther) Papers, 1974 - 2003, MC 322 Necker (Claire) Papers, MC 364 PETA Subject Files on Animal Rights Movements, 1980 - 2004, MC 353 Pratt (Dallas) Papers/Argus Archives, MC 338 Regan (Tom) Papers, 1951 - 2001, MC 236 Roberts (Catherine) Papers, 1952 - 1992, MC 323 Tom Regan Animal Rights Virtual Archive Detailed Description of the Collection 11List of Publications,1978-1998 12Value of Human Rights,1978 13Obligation to be Rational, 1979 14Are Animals Moral Beings? 1980 15Critique of Personhood,1981 16Must We Value Life to Have a Right to It? 1982 17On Being Morally Expendable,1982 18Moral Significance of Interests,1982 19Moral Value and Reason,1983 110Reply to Nelson,1983 111Interests and Animals, Needs and Language,1983 112Predation,1984 113Some Reflections on Animal Research,1984 114Editorial, Moral Community and Animal Rights,1985 115Articles from Between the Species,1986-1988 116On Justifying the Exploitation of Animals in Research,1988 117Animal Liberation and Vegetarianism,1988 118Singer e la Sostituibilita' (Singer and Replaceability),1989 119Case Against Invasive Research with Animals,1990 120Unnecessary Fear, Nutrition, and Vegetarianism,1991 21We Should Not Manipulate the Genome of Domestic Hogs,1991 22Animal Rights and Biomedical Research,1991 23Autonomy as an Excuse fo All-Too-Human Chauvinism,1992 24On the Utility of Contracts,1992 25Aping Persons--Pro and Con,1993 26Violence by and to Animals; Nature of the Value of Nature,1995 27On Exploiting Inferiors,1995 28We Should Not Allow Dissection of Animals,1995 29Entries for Encyclopedia of Animal Rights,1998 210Typescripts of Forthcoming Articles 211Reviews by Sapontzis,1982-1983 212Reviews by Sapontzis,1984, 1993, 1996 213Speeches and Presentations,1980-1989 214Speeches and Presentations,1991-2001, undated 215Other Writings by Sapontzis,1980-1991, undated 216Other Writings by Sapontzis, undated 217Reviews of Sapontzis, Morals, Reason, and Animals,1989 31Clippings (1 of 2) 32Clippings (2 of 2) 33Flyers and Leaflets Advertising Sapontzis Speeches and Other Events,1983-1999