University of Miami
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2016
Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
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    Bullying the Bully: Why zero-tolerance policies get a failing grade
    with Kristin Borgwald
    Journal of Social Influence 8 (2-3): 149-160. 2013.
    Recent studies show that the current punitive approach to bullying, in the form of zero-tolerance policies, is ineffective in reducing bullying and school violence. Despite this significant finding, anti-bullying legislation is increasing. The authors argue that these policies are not only ineffective but that they are also unjust, harmful, and stigmatizing. They advocate a broader integrative approach to bullying programs that includes both victims and bullies.
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    This essay investigates the demands on adult children to provide care for their elderly/ill parents from a socio-moral perspective. In order to narrow the examination, the question pursued here is agent-relative: What social and moral complexities are involved for the adult child when her parent(s) need care? First, this article examines our society’s expectation that adult children are morally obligated to provide care for their parents. Second, the essay articulates how transgressing agai…Read more
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    Comparative Just War Theory (edited book)
    Rowman & Littlefield. 2020.
    War is a recurring and ultimate arbiter involving organized armed conflicts ranging from larege world wars to smaller regional and civil wars. Many observers believe that war and its tragic consequences are inevitable. Because Western Just War Theory derives and draws primarily from only one religious and philosophical tradition (roman Catholicism,) it fails to serve as a universal account of the acceptability of war or, much less, sustain a global dialogue about all the moral issues pertaining …Read more