Research

  • Political Philosophy

    I primarily focus on what our moral obligations are in a political society and what role the state has to play in promoting that behavior, if any. I am also interested in conceptions of rights and their development in society. Lastly, I also have interests in certain areas of political epistemology.

  • Ethics

    Within ethics, I primarily focus on how we ought to treat each other in society. In particular, I’m interested in questions surrounding loving one’s neighbor, forgiveness, mercy, and promising. I also have interests in voting ethics and virtue or developmental accounts of ethics.

  • Philosophy of Religion

    My interests in philosophy of religion tend to focus on the problem of evil, the problem of divine foreknowledge and free will, and the nature of religious commitment.

Works In Progress

(Drafts available upon request)

Is Single-Issue Voting Epistemically Responsible?

Proposes a novel way of combatting voter ignorance and improving voter epistemic responsibility through the use of single-issue voting as a fast and frugal heuristic.

Must Democratic Administrations Keep Predecessor Promises?

Argues that democratic administrations may have moral duties to keep promises made by previous administrations in cases where failing to keep the promises will cause significant harm to those relying on the promises.