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
“Respect for others’ risk attitudes and the long-run future” Noûs, Early View
“The Hinge of History Hypothesis: reply to MacAskill” Analysis 84, 47-55.
“Evolution, utilitarianism, and normative uncertainty: the practical significance of debunking arguments” (with William MacAskill), Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 22, 338-54.
“Fine-tuning the Darwinian Dilemma” in Machuca, ed., Evolutionary Debunking Arguments in Philosophy, 56-80 (Routledge)
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 Eva Vivalt.
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.