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Disagreement and alienationPhilosophical Perspectives 37 (1): 210-227. 2023.This paper proposes to reorient the philosophical debate about peer disagreement. The problem of peer disagreement is normally seen as a problem about the extent to which disagreement provides one with evidence against one's own conclusions. It is thus regarded as a problem for individual inquiry. But things look different in more collaborative contexts. Ethical norms relevant to those contexts make a difference to the epistemology. In particular, we argue that a norm of mutual answerability app…Read more
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Doing Moral Philosophy Without ‘Normativity’Journal of the American Philosophical Association 1-19. forthcoming.This essay challenges widespread talk about morality's ‘normativity’. My principal target is not any specific claim or thesis in the burgeoning literature on ‘normativity’, however. Rather, I aim to discourage the use of the word among moral philosophers altogether and to reject a claim to intradisciplinary authority that is both reflected in and reinforced by the role the word has come to play in the discipline. My hope is to persuade other philosophers who, like me, persist in being interested…Read more
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De se namesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 108 (3): 726-750. 2024.
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Bernard Williams, realistic liberalism, and the politics of “normativity”European Journal of Philosophy 32 (2): 489-506. 2024.Following in the footsteps of Bernard Williams, I aim to delineate and advance a more realistic, less moralistic approach to thinking about morals and politics in a liberal culture. To do so, I push back against one framing of what Williams meant in urging greater realism, and in criticizing what he saw as political theory's excessive moralism, which has recently gained traction. According to a number of recent authors, the important issue Williams raised should be understood in terms of whether…Read more
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The Fragmentation of Felt TimePhilosophers' Imprint 22 (1). 2022.Why does time seem to fly by when we are absorbed? The case of listening to music is of particular interest, given that listening to music itself requires experiencing time. In this paper, I argue that neither the prevailing psychological model nor some initially appealing alternative explanations can account for the experience of time flying by in cases where, like listening to music, the activity we are absorbed in itself requires experiencing time. I then put forward a novel view on which the…Read more
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Routledge Handbook of Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsRoutledge. 2022.This handbook advances the interdisciplinary field of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics by identifying thirty-five topics of ongoing research. Instead of focusing on historically significant texts, it features experts talking about current debates. Individually, each chapter provides a resource for new research. Together, the chapters provide a thorough introduction to contemporary work in PPE, which makes it an ideal reader for a senior-year course. The handbook is organized into seven parts,…Read more
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Bearing Witness: The Duty of Non‐indifference and the Case for Reading the NewsPacific Philosophical Quarterly 104 (2): 368-391. 2023.Ignorance of current events is ordinarily treated as a moral failing. In this article, I argue that much of this ire is misplaced. The disengaged are no less positioned to do good or dispense beneficence, no more arrogant or complicit than those glued to the headlines. Nonetheless, I contend that citizens do have moral reason to remain informed – they ought not be indifferent to others. This, I show, provides a standing reason to pay attention to distant strangers: by bearing witness, we avoid i…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Business Ethics |
Epistemology |