• Virginia Tech
    Department of Philosophy
    Collegiate Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Philosophy
PhD
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Value Theory
Meta-Ethics
Areas of Interest
Meta-Ethics
Value Theory
  •  97
    On Moral Objections to Moral Realism
    Journal of Value Inquiry 54 (2): 345-354. 2020.
  •  49
    Many philosophers have argued that moral disagreement raises metaphysical and/or epistemological challenges for moral realism. In this paper, I consider whether widespread moral disagreement raises a different sort of challenge by threatening the semantic commitments of moral realism. In particular, I suggest that the character of many moral disagreements gives us reason to suspect that not all competent moral speakers pick out the same properties as one another when they use moral terms. If thi…Read more
  •  48
    Evolution and the Epistemological Challenge to Moral Realism
    In Michael Ruse & Robert J. Richards (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics, Cambridge University Press. pp. 114-128. 2017.
  •  37
    Not Up For Debate
    Teaching Philosophy 47 (1): 23-32. 2024.
    Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl is a debate-style activity that aims to help students cultivate skills of moral deliberation. While a fair amount has been written about the pedagogical benefits of Ethics Bowl, relatively little attention has been given to potential ethical criticisms of the activity. In this paper I present some reflections on an ethical challenge to Ethics Bowl, namely that applying the characteristic approach of Ethics Bowl to some issues of contemporary ethical controversy can be…Read more