Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics, Metaethics, Political Philosophy
Areas of Competence
History of Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Mind
Employment
Assistant Professor, Florida State University (2018-present)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Florida State University (2017-2018)
Lecturer, Dartmouth College (2016-2017)
Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Arizona (2016)
Dissertation: Constitutivism in Ethics
Committee: Connie Rosati and Mark Timmons (co-chairs), Tom Christiano, David Enoch
B.A. Philosophy and Biology, Colgate University (2007)
Publications
Book Reviews:
Presentations
Presentations (Comments)
Normative Ethics, Metaethics, Political Philosophy
Areas of Competence
History of Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Mind
Employment
Assistant Professor, Florida State University (2018-present)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Florida State University (2017-2018)
Lecturer, Dartmouth College (2016-2017)
Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Arizona (2016)
Dissertation: Constitutivism in Ethics
Committee: Connie Rosati and Mark Timmons (co-chairs), Tom Christiano, David Enoch
B.A. Philosophy and Biology, Colgate University (2007)
Publications
- "Korsgaard's Arguments for the Value of Humanity," Philosophical Review 127(2): 197-224. [DRAFT]
- "Self-Validation and Internalism in Velleman's Constitutivism," Philosophical Studies 174(2017): 2667-2686. [DRAFT]
- “A Critique of Smith’s Constitutivism,” Ethics 127(2016): 116-146.
Book Reviews:
- Review of Colin Marshall's Compassionate Moral Realism, Utilitas 31(3): 350-353. [DRAFT]
Presentations
- "Avoiding the Regress Problem for Moral Uncertainty Principles," invited colloquium talk, University of Florida, November 2019.
- "Expressivism and 'I Might Be Right,'" Twelfth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2019.
- "Moral Uncertainty and Intertheoretic Moral Value Comparisons," (Poster Presentation) Eleventh Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2018.
- "Moral Uncertainty and Moral Demandingness," American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, February 2018.
- "Moral Uncertainty, Demandingness, and Duties of Aid," Tenth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2017.
- "Moral Uncertainty and Moral Demandingness," Ethics of Giving Conference, University of St. Andrews, May 2017.
- “Moral Uncertainty and Distributive Sufficiency,” New Mexico State University, March 2017.
- “Two Arguments from Akrasia to Internalism about Practical Deliberation,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, January 2017.
- "Practical Deliberation and Normative Motivation," Workshop on Ethics and Practical Reason, Dartmouth College, October 2016.
- “Solving the Problem of Moral Equality,” (Poster Presentation) Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2016.
- “Moral Uncertainty and Distributive Sufficiency,” Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2015.
Presentations (Comments)
- On Anne Jeffrey, "Moral Reasons Hylomorphism: How to Get Metaphysical About Moral Reasons Without Losing Your Mind Dependence." Eleventh Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2018.
- On Matjaž Potrč and Vojko Strahovnik, “Noncognitivism and Moderate Error Theory,” Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2016.
- On Rusty Jones, “Akrasia, Stability, and Epistemic Value,” 18th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona, February 2013.
- On Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith, “Obey or Persuade,” 17th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona, February 2012.
- On Eric Brown, “Socratic Lawfulness (Gorgias 504d),” 16th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona, February 2011.
- On Brook Sadler, “Acting Out of Character,” Third Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2010.