Felipe Pereira

My research interests range widely over normative ethics, moral epistemology, and metaphysics. Currently, I am especially interested in three sets of questions: (1) What is the relationship between self-interested reasons and altruistic reasons? Does our conception of the self have any bearing on that question? (2) How should we feel about the passage of time, about the fact that change (and loss) is inevitable? Should we lament the fact that, in the long run, everything and everyone we love will be gone? Or should we strive to accept that fact? Are there certain losses we should never accept? (3) When, and why, are we justified to be partial towards our loved ones? What is the relationship, if there is one, between loving someone and having non-derivative reasons to care about her?