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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.
His not-for-profit experience also includes stints as Executive Director of the Tompkins County SPCA and Chief Executive Officer of Historic Ithaca, Inc.
Teaching
M.S. -
Cornell University - 1994
B.S. - Cornell University - 1990
Seminar Presentation (.wmv video)
Selected Publications
- Tantillo, James A. (2008) "A Review of In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals, by Lisa Kemmerer." Society and Natural Resources 21(4):368-370.
- Lauber, T. Bruce, Barbara A. Knuth, James A. Tantillo, and Paul D. Curtis. (2007) "The Role of Ethical Judgments Related to Wildlife Fertility Control." Society and Natural Resources 20(2): 119-133.
- 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.