Sandra Shapshay is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Political and Civic Engagement Program (PACE) at Indiana University Bloomington and Affiliate faculty of the IU Center for Bioethics in Indianapolis. Her areas of specialization include Schopenhauer, Kant, the history of aesthetics and ethics in 19th century continental philosophy, and bioethics. She is currently working on a book on Schopenhauer’s ethics titled provisionally Degrees of Dignity: Schopenhauer’s Ethical Thought. She also currently serves as an Indiana State Council member of the Humane Society of the United States and as a board member of the nonprofit group Pets Alive in Bloomington.

Sandy Shapshay Blog Entries

• The Mixed Blessings of Eliot Rosewater | Shapshay on God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
• “Vonnegut’s Struggle with Nihilism in Cat’s Cradle” | Shapshay on Cat’s Cradle
• Campbell’s Confessions | Shapshay on Mother Night
• Freedom, Purpose and Morality in The Sirens of Titan | Shapshay on The Sirens of Titan
• Player Piano in the Age of Trump | Shapshay on Player Piano