research

My research spans ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.

The unifying theme of my work is that the ideals that guide our lives are importantly interrelated. I take an ideal that guides our lives to include any person to whom, or thing to which, we look for guidance on how to live. Classic examples include morality, reason, love, truth, etiquette, and God. My work explores the relationships between and among the ideals that guide our lives.

Here is a list of my current publications, along with links to those available.

• Trusting Morality’s Authority (forthcoming in Oxford Studies in Metaethics)

  On the relationship between morality and practical reason, and why morality’s demands are decisive for us, even if impartialism about morality is true.

• The Myth of the Good Epistemic Bubble (in Episteme)

  About the relationship between truth and rationality and, well, what to do if you find yourself in an epistemic bubble.

• A Love that Hides (in Faith and Philosophy)

  On the relationship between love and God, and why God just might exist, even if God hides from us.

I have several ongoing projects as well. Here are a few of them.

• Perfectly Wonderful, Morally Decent

  On the relationship between morality and practical reason, and why morality isn’t the bad guy, despite what some might think.

• The Importance of Being Rude

  About the relationship between morality and etiquette, and how there’s a moral point to being rude.

• The Bind of Oppressive Double Binds

  On the relationship between blameworthiness and praiseworthiness, and how to escape oppressive double binds.

• [under review–title redacted for anonymity]

  On the relationship between morality and practical reason, and why it’s possible to go above and beyond the call of moral duty.