Overview

I am interested in a wide range of questions in normative ethics, social/political philosophy, moral psychology, and feminist philosophy. I have a particularly strong interest in the ethics of mind, personal relationships, moral address, emotions, equality and partiality, and harming and rescuing. Within these areas, I am currently working on two main topics: 

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(1) A development and defence of the idea that morality includes evaluative duties: duties to correctly evaluate (some of) the moral matters that concern others. I argue that violations of these duties are purely mental wrongings and that their instantiation in further actions - mental or physical - makes those actions wrong too. This helps us understand the distinctive wrongness of degrading and dehumanising acts (e.g., rape or intentional rape fantasies), the moral offensiveness of certain kinds of advice (e.g. advice to women to avoid walking alone at night), and more.  

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(2) In a joint project with Gunnar Björnsson, I explore norms of weight-giving: norms calling for a balancing in the weight given to different persons and groups over time. We argue that these norms unify and explain a wide range of moral and political phenomena, including many responses to benefitting (e.g., gratitude) and wrongdoing (e.g., blame, "negative partiality"). ​

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Publications

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Articles

1. "On Discounting Wrongdoers" (w/ Gunnar Björnsson), Analysis (forthcoming)

 

2. "Gratitude and Rights", Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2025, early view).

 

3. "Moral Gratitude", Journal of Applied Philosophy vol. 42, no. 1 (2025): 115-130.

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4. "Expressive Duties Are Demandable and Enforceable", Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, vol. 14, edited by Mark Timmons, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024), 203-226. (For a summary and discussion at New Work in Philosophy, see here.)

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5. "Reciprocity, Inequality, and Unsuccessful Rescues", Utilitas vol. 36, no. 1 (2024): 64-82

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6. “Other-Sacrificing Options: Reply to Lange”, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, vol. 21, no. 2 (2022): 290-297.

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7. “Is Sex with Robots Rape?”, Journal of Practical Ethics, vol. 5, no.2 (2017): 62-76. (Winner of the 3rd Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics.)

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Guest editor 

1. "Symposium on Gratitude and Community", Journal of Applied Philosophy. With contributions from Lok Chui Choo, Romy Eskens, Coleen Macnamara, and George Tsai. ​

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Reviews

1. "George Sher: A Wild West of the Mind", Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 25, no. 5 (2022): 895-897.

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In progress

1. A paper on balancing norms (w/ Gunnar Björnsson)

2. A paper on agent-regret and counterfactuals

3. A paper on the possibility of mental wronging

4. A paper on the wrong of degradation 

5. A paper on morally offensive advice (w/ Jonas Haeg)

6. A paper on enemies and rivals (w/ Gunnar Björnsson), commissioned for publication in the Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Personal Relationships.

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