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| James A. Tantillo Lecturer 101A Rice Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Ph: 607-255-2821 Fx: 607-255-0349 e.mail: jat4@cornell.edu |
Ph.D. - Cornell University - 2001 James Tantillo joined the Department of Natural Resources in 2001 as a
lecturer. His teaching covers environmental philosophy and ethics,
environmental history, science policy, and animal ethics.
His recent research is in the ethics of wildlife fertility control.
He is also Chief Executive Officer of Historic Ithaca, Inc., a local not-for-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation and building materials conservation and recycling.
Teaching
Selected Publications
M.S. -
Cornell University - 1994
B.S. - Cornell University - 1990
- Tantillo, James A. (2006) "Killing Birds and Killing Cats: An Overview of Philosophical Issues Involving Feral Cats and Wildlife." Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, Fifth Edition, ed. John R. August (Philadelphia: Elsevier), 701-708.
- Baer, Richard A., Jr., James A. Tantillo, Gregory E. Hitzhusen, Karl E. Johnson, and James R. Skillen. (2004) "From Delight to Wisdom: 30 Years of Teaching Environmental Ethics at Cornell." Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion 8(2-3): 298-322.
- Tantillo, James A. (2004) "Ethics Versus Preferences." Hunting and Shooting Sports Education Journal 4(1): 39-40, 47.
- Tantillo, James A. (2002) The Morality of Hunting: "A Damnable Pleasure" Ithaca, NY, Cornell University, Ph.D. thesis.
- Tantillo, James A. (2001) "Sport Hunting, Eudaimonia, and Tragic Wisdom." Philosophy in the Contemporary World 8 (2): 101-112.
- Tantillo, J. (2001) "Review of Ethics and Wildlife, ed. by Priscilla Cohn." Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 6 (2): 147-151.
- Tantillo, J. (2001) "Hunting as Salvation: Conversion Experience? Or Preaching to the Choir? Review of The Sacred Hunt, by Randall Eaton." Human Dimensions of Wildlife 6 (1): 79-81.