Vincent Luizzi

{{short description|American philosopher}}

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|region = Western philosophy

|era = 21st century Philosophy

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|name = Vincent Luizzi

|birth_date = 1948

|birth_place = Endicott, NY

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|school_tradition = Analytic and Pragmatism

| institutions = Texas State University

|main_interests = philosophy of law and legal ethics

| thesis_title = A Naturalistic Theory of Justice: A Critique of C. I. Lewis' Ethics

| thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10234015

| thesis_year = 1973

| doctoral_advisor = Elizabeth Flower

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|notable_ideas = Developed 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.

| spouse = James Shew

| education = University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)
University of Rochester (A.B.)
Boston University School of Law (J.D.)

|influences = Mentors include Lewis White Beck and Robert Holmes (Rochester), Elizabeth Flower and Murray Murphey (Penn), and John Silber (BU Law).

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|awards = Fulbright Specialist in Law (South Africa and Bosnia), Special Award of International Society for Universalism, Phi Beta Kappa

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Vincent Luizzi is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Texas State University (1976-2022).{{cite web|title=Vincent Luizzi ('76) appointed Interim Chief Diversity Officer at Texas State University School of Law|url=https://www.bu.edu/law/2018/01/22/vincent-luizzi-76-appointed-interim-chief-diversity-officer-at-texas-state-university/|website=www.bu.edu|access-date=29 April 2018|language=en}}

He is known for his expertise in legal ethics and philosophy of law.{{cite journal|title=Advocates of Objectivism Make New Inroads|journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=13 July 2007|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Advocates-of-Objectivism-Make/3533|access-date=12 May 2018}} 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{{cite web|title=Introduction: Leadership ethics in Africa|url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=jepson-faculty-publications|access-date=12 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Philosophical dialogue on mental health, music features Juilliard artists|url=http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2014/February-2014/JuilliardDialog022514.html|website=Texas State University|access-date=29 April 2018|language=en|date=7 June 2016}}{{cite news|title=Texas State headed to National Ethics Bowl competition|url=http://www.sjzyongwang.com/inc/news/300.html|access-date=29 April 2018|work=www.sjzyongwang.com}} and as a magistrate in and for the State of Texas, 1983-2018.