University of Florida
Department of Philosophy
PhD
Spokane, Washington, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
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    Ethical Responsibilities to Subjects and Documentary Filmmaking
    Journal of Mass Media Ethics 25 (3): 192-206. 2010.
    Documentary filmmakers have ethical responsibilities to the subjects of their films. Specifically, they have an ethical responsibility to prevent harm to their subjects if they are in a position to do so, even harm not directly related to being in the film. Justification for this comes from documentary's status as a practice of a social institution and can be supported by Utilitarian and Kantian considerations, as well as the Aristotelian discussion of practices. Three films, The Thin Blue Line,…Read more
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    The Ethics of Advocacy
    Environmental Philosophy 2 (1): 44-53. 2005.
    A current issue in environmental ethics concerns the role of scientists as advocates for environmental policy. Some have argued that scientists should not be permitted to be policy advocates. I will argue that it is morally permissible for scientists to be advocates for environmental policies for four reasons. First, since scientists are also citizens it is improper to deny them the opportunity to advocate for certain policies. Second, scientists possess some expertise in these areas should be s…Read more
  • Impartiality: Its Nature and Application
    Dissertation, University of Florida. 2004.
    In my dissertation, I argue for a new account of impartiality. This project has three major contributions. It clarifies the concept of impartiality---an important concept in moral philosophy; vindicates its moral force by defending impartiality against criticisms offered by partialists; and clarifies common views of impartiality offered by other philosophers. ;I begin with a historical overview of accounts of impartiality endorsed by philosophers of the consequentialist and deontological traditi…Read more