Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Long Island University

Served as Chairperson of the Philosophy Department at LIU/Post, and as Vice-Chairperson of the College’s Faculty Council and Vice-President of the University Faculty Senate. Dr. Sprintzen co-founded the Institute for Sustainable Development at Long Island University and served as its Co-Director for seven years from 1997-2004.

He has authored five books:

1. Camus: A Critical Examination,
2. Sartre and Camus: An Historic Confrontation,
3. The Drama of Thought: an inquiry into the place of philosophy in human experience,
4. Critique of Western Philosophy and Social Theory,  and, most recently,
5. Human Emergence and Our Place in the Natural World.      

Sprintzen was the founder, and for the first 20 years of its history, Co-Chair of the Long Island Progressive Coalition. In addition, he was also the founder and for its first 20 years the Executive Director of the Research and Education Project of Long Island. Currently he is a member of the Executive Committee of Long Island Jobs With Justice, which he helped found in 2003. A member of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island since 1981, he has served on its board for many years. He represents the Ethical Society at the NYS Community Equity Agenda, where he has served since 2017, and continues to serve on its Steering Committee. He served on New York Governor Mario Cuomo’s Shoreham Commission.

Among numerous honors and awards, Sprintzen received awards from Vision Long Island and from Sustainable Long Island as a founder of the movement for sustainability on Long Island, as well as the Social Justice Leadership Award from the Ethical Humanist Society. Sprintzen has written many theoretical and practical articles as well as scholarly and popular presentations. He continues to teach in the Hutton House Lecture Series at LIU Post, and at diverse public venues. An up to date listing of these presentations can be found on this website.