I’m an associate professorial research fellow at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at LSE.
(Sadly, I am not an astronaut.)
Research interests
Primary
Moral and Political Philosophy
Other interests
Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
Decision Theory
My research interests are primarily in moral and political philosophy. My previous publications have addressed topics including evolutionary debunking arguments in ethics, moral testimony and moral disagreement, the demands of beneficence, racial profiling and discrimination, health-care rationing, discounting in the context of climate policy, decision-making under deep uncertainty, and the moral significance of long-term impacts of present actions and policies.
Recent publications
“Future generations and the evidential veil of ignorance” (with Johan Gustafsson) Economics and Philosophy, forthcoming
“Welfare and felt duration,” Noûs 60, 563-575.
“Desire-fulfilment and consciousness,” Philosophical Studies 183, 511-529.
“How to resist the Fading Qualia Argument,” Synthese 206, 252.
“Would a world without us be worse? Clues from population axiology,” in Barrett, Greaves, and Thorstad, eds. Essays on Longtermism, 86-104(Oxford University Press).
“Once more, without feeling,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 111, 343-365.
About me
Before coming to LSE, I was a Senior Research Fellow in the Oxford Philosophy Faculty from 2019 to 2026, a Tutorial Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and an Examination Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.