Vincent Luizzi

Vincent Luizzi
Born1948
Endicott, NY
SpouseJames Shew
AwardsFulbright Specialist in Law (South Africa and Bosnia), Special Award of International Society for Universalism, Phi Beta Kappa
Education
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)
University of Rochester (A.B.)
Boston University School of Law (J.D.)
ThesisA Naturalistic Theory of Justice: A Critique of C. I. Lewis' Ethics (1973)
Doctoral advisorElizabeth Flower
Philosophical work
Era21st century Philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic and Pragmatism
InstitutionsTexas State University
Main interestsphilosophy of law and legal ethics
Notable ideasDeveloped general approach to ethics from legal ethics; and to jurisprudence (regarding law, judging, and punishment), from a study of people’s courts, in each case moving from a seemingly restricted field to one with general or universal significance.

Vincent Luizzi is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Texas State University (1976-2022). He is known for his expertise in legal ethics and philosophy of law. Luizzi was longtime Chair of Philosophy at Texas State University (1982-2014). A member of the State Bar of Texas, he served as a municipal judge in San Marcos, Texas and as a magistrate in and for the State of Texas, 1983-2018.