Jeff Sebo
Jeff Sebo | |
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Born | Jeffrey Raymond Sebo February 24, 1983 |
Education |
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Spouse |
Maryse Mitchell-Brody
(m. 2014) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Institutions | New York University |
Thesis | The Personal Is Political (2011) |
Doctoral advisor | J. David Velleman |
Main interests | Animal ethics, bioethics, environmental ethics, medical ethics |
Website | jeffsebo.net |
Jeffrey Raymond Sebo (born February 24, 1983)[1][2] is an American philosopher. He is clinical associate professor of environmental studies, director of the animal studies MA program, and affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, and philosophy at New York University.[3] In 2022, he published his first sole-authored book, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves.
Early life and education
Sebo is the son of Sheryl L. Sebo, an
Career
After graduating, Sebo took a
Sebo has been a board member of Minding Animals International since 2014, a mentor and contributing writer at Sentient Media[7] from 2020 and a senior research affiliate at the Legal Priorities Project since 2021; he was an executive committee member of the Animals & Society Institute from 2012 to 2020, board member of Animal Charity Evaluators from 2015 to 2021 and an advisory member of the Sentience Institute from 2018 to 2020.[6]
In 2018, Sebo co-authored Food, Animals and the Environment: An Ethical Approach, a book devoted to
In 2020, Sebo was promoted to clinical associate professor.[6] His first sole-authored book, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves, was published by Oxford University Press in 2022.[11][12]
Personal life
Sebo married Maryse Mitchell-Brody, a
Selected publications
- Sebo, Jeff (July 5, 2022), "Wild animals", The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics (1 ed.), New York: Routledge, pp. 63–71, ISBN 978-1-315-76809-0, retrieved August 27, 2022
- Sebo, Jeff (2022). Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-086101-8.
- Andrews, Kristin; Comstock, Gary L; Crozier, G.K.D.; Donaldson, Sue; Fenton, Andrew; John, Tyler M; Johnson, L. Syd M; Jones, Robert C; Kymlicka, Will; Meynell, Letitia; Nobis, Nathan; Pena-Guzman, David; Sebo, Jeff (2018). Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers' Brief (PDF). Kristin Andrews, Gary Comstock, G. K. D. Crozier, Sue Donaldson, Andrew Fenton, Tyler John, L. Syd M. Johnson, Robert Jones, Will Kymlicka, Letitia Meynell, Nathan Nobis, David M. Pena-Guzman. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-61866-4.
- Schlottmann, Christopher; Sebo, Jeff (2018). Food, Animals and the Environment: An Ethical Approach. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-80112-7.
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ Jeff Sebo [@jeffrsebo] (February 24, 2021). "Today is my birthday! Please help me celebrate by sharing a surprising fact about an animal that more people should know. Photos very welcome too. Thanks!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Jeff Sebo". NYU Arts & Science. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ Sebo, Jeff (2005). "A Critique of the Kantian Theory of Indirect Duties to Animals" (PDF). Animal Liberation Philosophy & Policy. 2 (2): 54–72. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ Sebo, Jeff (May 4, 2016). "Platter Chatter" (Interview). Interviewed by Jessica Porter.
- ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Jeff Sebo. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Jeff Sebo, Author at Sentient Media". Sentient Media. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ Reviews of Food, Animals and the Environment:
- Berry, Sarah (March 13, 2019). "Why the debate between vegans and meat-eaters is pointless". Sydney Morning Herald.
- Hedberg, Trevor (2020). Essays in Philosophy. 21 (1): 120–123. doi:10.5840/eip2020211/28.)
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- Johannsen, Kyle (November 2019). "Review". Philosophy in Review. 39 (4): 206–208.
- ^ Venkatraman, Sakshi (April 16, 2018). "Professor Thinks Chimpanzees Should Be Legally Considered People | Washington Square News". Washington Square News. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ a b Reviews of Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief:
- Benz-Schwarzburg, Judith (February 2019). "Review" (PDF). EurSafe News. 21 (1): 10–11.
- Thompson, R. Paul (September 2020). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 95 (3): 253–254. doi:10.1086/710398.)
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- ^ Coverage:
- "Jeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for…".
- Milburn, Josh (February 6, 2023). "Episode 210: Saving Animals (And Ourselves) with Jeff Sebo". Knowing Animals. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- Bekoff, Marc. "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: What Harms Them Harms Us". Psychology Today. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ Reviews:
- Browning, Heather; Veit, Walter (2024). "Sebo, Jeff. Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves". doi:10.1086/728630.
- Taylor, Angus (2023). "Review of Jeff Sebo's Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves". Between the Species. 26 (1): 179–84.
- Milburn, Josh (2023). "Jeff Sebo. Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animal Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes". S2CID 259491615.
- Browning, Heather; Veit, Walter (2024). "Sebo, Jeff. Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves".
- Perry, Matthew Wray (2023). "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Catastrophes, written by Jeff Sebo". .
External links
- Official website
- In Conversation with Jeff Sebo: How to Prevent Future Pandemics (video)
- Sebo, Jeff (January 15, 2020). "All We Owe to Animals". Aeon.
- Sebo, Jeff (7 April 2018). "Should Chimpanzees Be Considered Persons?". The New York Times.