My research interests lie mainly in moral philosophy. I work on a variety of issues spanning across metaethics, normative ethics, and moral psychology. Topics of interest include: moral worth, praise and praising attitudes (e.g., esteem, pride), hypocrisy, the ethics of blame, the nature of friendship, friendship and moral theory, moral error theory, and moral naturalism.
Published and accepted papers
Naturalising Moral Naturalism
Published: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2023) Click here for a link to the published online version Should Moral Error Theorists Make Do with Make-Believe?
Published: Moral Fictionalism and Religious Fictionalism (2023) (A collection of works edited by Richard Joyce and Stuart Brock) Doubts about Duty as a Secondary Motive
Published: Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 105, 2: 276-298 (2022) Click here for a link to the published version |
Subjunctive Hypocrisy
Published: Ergo 9, 7: 172-199 (2022)
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Published: Ergo 9, 7: 172-199 (2022)
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Don't Stop Believing (Hold onto That Warm Fuzzy Feeling)
Published: Ethics 132: 4-37 (2021)
(Co-authored with Edward Elliott)
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Published: Ethics 132: 4-37 (2021)
(Co-authored with Edward Elliott)
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Moral Worth: Having it Both Ways
Published: The Journal of Philosophy 117: 529-556 (2020)
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Published: The Journal of Philosophy 117: 529-556 (2020)
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Moral Worth and Doing the Right Thing by Accident
Published: Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97: 251-264 (2019)
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Published: Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97: 251-264 (2019)
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Evolutionary Hypotheses and Moral Skepticism
Published: Erkenntnis 84: 1025–1045 (2019) Click here for the penultimate draft | Click here for link to published version Minimizing the Misuse of Morality
Published: The End of Morality (Routledge 2019) (A collection of works edited by Richard Joyce and Richard Garner) Click here for the penultimate draft |
On Having Bad Persons as Friends
Published: Philosophical Studies 175: 3099-3116 (2018)
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Published: Philosophical Studies 175: 3099-3116 (2018)
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Hypocrisy and Moral Authority
Published: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 12: 191-222 (2017)
(Co-authored with Colin Klein)
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Published: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 12: 191-222 (2017)
(Co-authored with Colin Klein)
Click here for the penultimate draft | Click here for a link to the published version
book reviews & encyclopedia entries
Moral Hypocrisy
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
(Encyclopedia entry)
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
(Encyclopedia entry)
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Richard Joyce, Essays in Moral Skepticism
Published: Utilitas 32, 126-129 (2020)
(Book review)
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Published: Utilitas 32, 126-129 (2020)
(Book review)
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Empathy and Morality
Published: Biology & Philosophy 30: 597-608 (2015)
(Book review)
Click here for the penultimate draft | Click here for a link to the published version
Published: Biology & Philosophy 30: 597-608 (2015)
(Book review)
Click here for the penultimate draft | Click here for a link to the published version
papers Under review
Below are descriptions of work under review.
Please feel free to e-mail me for a copy of any of these papers.
Please feel free to e-mail me for a copy of any of these papers.
Holding people's pasts against them
This paper explores the phenomenon of holding people's pasts against them, and questions whether we are always justified in doing so. It also develops and defends a particular approach for thinking about moral redemption.
Friendship and moral theory
This paper explores the relationship between moral duties and duties of friendship.
This paper explores the phenomenon of holding people's pasts against them, and questions whether we are always justified in doing so. It also develops and defends a particular approach for thinking about moral redemption.
Friendship and moral theory
This paper explores the relationship between moral duties and duties of friendship.
work IN PROgRESS
Below are descriptions of works in progress.
These are still being translated from Mentalese to English, so I don't have drafts to share just yet--happy to discuss, though!
These are still being translated from Mentalese to English, so I don't have drafts to share just yet--happy to discuss, though!
The Ethics of Praise
This paper explores the ways in which we can go morally wrong when extending praise to others.
Social Duties
This paper investigates the nature and scope of our duties to the socially deprived.
The Overridingness of Morality
This paper develops a critique of the idea that moral requirements normatively override reasons or requirements of other kinds.
This paper explores the ways in which we can go morally wrong when extending praise to others.
Social Duties
This paper investigates the nature and scope of our duties to the socially deprived.
The Overridingness of Morality
This paper develops a critique of the idea that moral requirements normatively override reasons or requirements of other kinds.