I am an independent researcher, having completed my PhD (2017).
My research areas include: anthropocentrism, interspecies (nonhuman animal and environmental) ethics, ethics, global ethics, philosophy of sex, incest, bestiality, political philosophy, anarchism, Hume, skepticism, and history of philosophy.
My PhD thesis presented a clarified definition of anthropocentrism, discussed anthropocentrism's justifications and the problems it causes, and revealed how current interspecies ethics' theories involve anthropocentrism. I then put forward a less anthropocentric interspecies ethic based upon evolution, nonhuman morality, and empathy.
I hav…
I am an independent researcher, having completed my PhD (2017).
My research areas include: anthropocentrism, interspecies (nonhuman animal and environmental) ethics, ethics, global ethics, philosophy of sex, incest, bestiality, political philosophy, anarchism, Hume, skepticism, and history of philosophy.
My PhD thesis presented a clarified definition of anthropocentrism, discussed anthropocentrism's justifications and the problems it causes, and revealed how current interspecies ethics' theories involve anthropocentrism. I then put forward a less anthropocentric interspecies ethic based upon evolution, nonhuman morality, and empathy.
I have co-edited two volumes in interspecies ethics: (1) Intervention or Protest: Acting for Nonhuman Animals (Vernon Press, 2016), and (2) Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues (Palgrave, 2017).
I have also authored the chapter 'Anthropocentrism and the Issues Facing Nonhuman Animals' in 'Animals in Human Society' by Daniel Moorehead (UPA, 2016). And co-authored a chapter in Intervention or Protest titled 'Saving Nonhumans: Drawing the Threads of a Movement Together'.
