University Park, Oregon, United States of America
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    Moral Testimony and Moral Understanding
    Journal of Moral Philosophy 15 (3): 245-271. 2018.
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    The non-remedial value of dependence on moral testimony
    Philosophical Studies 175 (3): 629-647. 2018.
    In this paper I defend dependence on moral testimony. I show how going defenses of dependence on moral testimony have portrayed it as second-best by centering on how and why it is an important means to overcoming our defects. I argue that once we consider the pervasiveness of moral testimony in the context of intimate relationships, we can see that the value of dependence on moral testimony goes beyond this: it is not only our flaws and limitations that justify our dependence on moral testimony,…Read more
  •  105
    Against epistemic pessimism about moral testimony
    Episteme 18 (2): 200-223. 2021.
    My aim in this paper is to argue against what I call “epistemic” pessimism about moral testimony. Epistemic pessimists argue that moral testimony fails to transmit epistemic warrant as non-moral testimony does. I reject epistemic pessimism by defending theNo Difference Thesis, that there is no in principle difference between the transmission of epistemic warrant by moral and non-moral testimony. The main thrust of my argument is that there is a goodprima faciecase to be made for the thesis, name…Read more
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    Game theory and belief in God
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 75 (1): 3-12. 2014.
    In the last few decades game theory has emerged as a powerful tool for examining a broad range of philosophical issues. It is unsurprising, then, that game theory has been taken up as a tool to examine issues in the philosophy of religion. Economist Steven Brams (1982), (1983) and (2007), for example, has given a game theoretic analysis of belief in God, his main argument first published in this journal and then again in both editions of his book, Superior Beings. I have two main aims in this pa…Read more