I’m a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Global Priorities Institute, part of the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Philosophy.
(Sadly, I am not an astronaut.)
Research interests
Primary
Normative and Applied Ethics
Other interests
Decision Theory
Political and legal philosophy
Meta-ethics
My current research interests are primarily in normative and applied ethics. My previous publications have addressed topics in meta-ethics and moral epistemology, especially those associated with evolutionary debunking arguments.
Recent publications
“Moral demands and the far future,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 103 (2021), 567-85
“The Paralysis Argument,” (w. W. MacAskill) Philosophers’ Imprint 21 (2021), 1-17
“Is Identity Illusory?” European Journal of Philosophy 29 (2021), 55-73
“Maximal Cluelessness,” The Philosophical Quarterly 71 (2021), 141-62
“Meaning, Medicine, and Merit,” Utilitas 32 (2020), 90-107
“Racial Profiling and Cumulative Injustice” Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 98 (2019), 452-77
About me
I joined the University’s Global Priorities Institute at the start of 2019.
Before coming to GPI, I worked at Oxford as a Tutorial Fellow at Jesus College. I was an Examination Fellow at All Souls College from 2010 to 2015.
About the Global Priorities Institute
The Global Priorities Institute (GPI) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oxford, directed by Prof Hilary Greaves.
Its aim is to conduct foundational research that informs the decision-making of individuals and institutions seeking to do as much good as possible. It prioritises topics which are important, neglected, and tractable, and uses the tools of multiple disciplines, especially philosophy and economics, to explore the issues at stake.
GPI is currently located in Trajan House, near Oxford station.