I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy and Religion at the Princeton University Center for Human Values. I work primarily on Kant's action theory and moral psychology. I have further interests in evil, early modern philosophy, love, and value.
My current projects focus on the notion of 'heart' in (and beyond) Kant's practical thought; and on defending the coherence of his doctrine of the "change of heart." I am also working on a novel explanation of the universality of "radical evil".
My dissertation "Finite, feeling, but free: Kant on evil and action" provides a novel reading of Kant's explanation of evil action. It argues for a…
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy and Religion at the Princeton University Center for Human Values. I work primarily on Kant's action theory and moral psychology. I have further interests in evil, early modern philosophy, love, and value.
My current projects focus on the notion of 'heart' in (and beyond) Kant's practical thought; and on defending the coherence of his doctrine of the "change of heart." I am also working on a novel explanation of the universality of "radical evil".
My dissertation "Finite, feeling, but free: Kant on evil and action" provides a novel reading of Kant's explanation of evil action. It argues for a 'layered conativism', according to which actions are ultimately determined by our strongest desires. It also defends the claim that for Kant, we freely choose our own nature and this includes our motivations.
In other work, I explore Kant's (or Kantian) views on (self-)love and (self-)forgiveness, and views of matter and causation in the wider early modern period (esp. Leibniz and Shepherd).
