Tamar Schapiro
| Tamar Schapiro | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Yale University (BA); Harvard University (PhD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Notable work | Feeling Like It: A Theory of Inclination and Will (2021) |
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Tamar Schapiro is an American philosopher whose work focuses on ethical theory, moral psychology, practical reason, and the history of modern moral philosophy, especially the thought of Immanuel Kant.[1] She is Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1] Her book Feeling Like It: A Theory of Inclination and Will (2021) offers a Kantian account of the role of inclination in human agency.[2]
Early life and education
Schapiro was raised in the south suburbs of Chicago in a Jewish family that had fled Nazi Europe.[3] She earned a B.A. in philosophy summa cum laude from Yale University in 1986, receiving the Tuttle Cup for highest scholastic achievement.[4] She completed her Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University in 1997, where she began her intensive study of Kant’s ethics.[4]
Academic career
From 1997 to 2000 Schapiro was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows.[5] She joined the Stanford University Department of Philosophy in 2000, was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2009, and remained until 2015.[4] During her Stanford years she held fellowships from the Stanford Humanities Center (2003–04) and the Hellman Fellows Fund (2005–06).[4] In 2011–12 she was a Fellow of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, where she worked on the moral psychology of inclination.[6] Schapiro moved to MIT in 2015 as a visiting associate professor, became associate professor in 2016, and was promoted to full professor in 2021.[1]
Philosophical work
Schapiro’s research investigates how universal principles of rational morality can be reconciled with the non‑rational aspects of human nature.[1][7] Her early article “What Is a Child?” (1999) analyzes the moral status of children and the limits of paternalism.[8] Since the mid‑2000s she has focused on Kantian moral psychology. In Feeling Like It she argues that inclinations “incline without necessitating” the will, offering a unified account of self‑control that has been discussed in MIND, Ethics, and other journals.[2]
Selected publications
- (ed. with Kyla Ebels‑Duggan and Sharon Street) Normativity and Agency: Themes from the Philosophy of Christine M. Korsgaard. Oxford University Press, 2022.[9]
- Feeling Like It: A Theory of Inclination and Will. Oxford University Press, 2021.[2]
- “Animal Nature Within and Without: A Comment on Korsgaard’s Fellow Creatures.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 105 (1): 230–235 (2022).[10]
- “Imperatives,” in Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Understanding Kant’s Groundwork. Hackett, 2023.[11]
- “What Is a Child?” Ethics 109 (4): 715–738 (1999).[8]
- “Childhood and Personhood.” Arizona Law Review 45 (3): 575–594 (2003).[4]
- “The Nature of Inclination.” Ethics 119 (2): 229–256 (2009).[4]
- “Desire,” in International Encyclopedia of Ethics (2013).[4]
Honors and fellowships
- Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows (1997–2000).[5]
- Whiting Foundation Fellowship in the Humanities (1996–97).[4]
- Mellon Foundation Fellowship in the Humanities (1998).[4]
- Hellman Junior Faculty Fellowship, Stanford University (2005–06).[4]
- Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (2011–12).[6]
- Emily and Charles Carrier Prize, Harvard University (1997).[4]
- Chair, MIT Committee on Discipline (2023–present).[4]
Professional service
Schapiro serves on the editorial boards of Ethics and the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy.[12] She has also participated in public discussions of ethics, including a Stanford Law School panel on the value of teaching ethics.[13]
Teaching
At MIT and previously at Stanford, Schapiro has taught courses on the philosophy of agency, Kant’s ethical theory, modern moral philosophy, and recent ethical theory.[3]
Personal life
Schapiro is married to a theatre director based in Boston.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Tamar Schapiro – MIT Philosophy". MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schapiro, Tamar (2021). Feeling Like It: A Theory of Inclination and Will. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198862932. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dizikes, Peter (9 March 2017). "What we're doing when we try to live our lives well". MIT News. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 "Curriculum Vitae – Tamar Schapiro" (PDF). PhilPeople. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Current and Former Junior Fellows". Harvard Society of Fellows. Harvard University. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tamar Schapiro". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ "Prof. Tamar Schapiro". MIT Industrial Liaison Program. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Schapiro, Tamar (1999). "What Is a Child?". Ethics. 109 (4): 715–738. doi:10.1086/233943. JSTOR 10.1086/233943.
- ↑ Ebels-Duggan, Kyla; Schapiro, Tamar; Street, Sharon, eds. (2022). Normativity and Agency: Themes from the Philosophy of Christine M. Korsgaard. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192857606. Search this book on
- ↑ Schapiro, Tamar (2022). "Animal Nature Within and Without: A Comment on Korsgaard's Fellow Creatures". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 105 (1): 230–235. doi:10.1111/phpr.12914.
- ↑ Schapiro, Tamar (2023). Steven M. Cahn, ed. Imperatives. Understanding Kant’s Groundwork. Hackett. Search this book on
- ↑ "Editorial Board". Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ "Stanford panel debates: Does teaching ethics do any good?". Stanford News. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
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