Joshua Paschal

I am the Nelson Dissertation Fellow (2024-2026) here at Indiana University, working under the supervision of Marcia Baron. My dissertation, "The Criminal Law and the Setting of Standards," is an attempt to give a pluralist and anti-minimalist account of what the criminal law is about; there, I am particularly interested in resisting some common criticisms of criminal negligence and hate crime statutes. Outside of my work in the philosophy of criminal law, I am also interested in political theory, normative ethics, environmental philosophy, the history of ideas, international affairs and law, and the philosophy of technology, and have projects planned in all of those areas that I plan to pursue within the next few years.