About me:
I am a philosophy PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. I did my undergraduate work at Seton Hall University, where I double majored in philosophy and religious studies. I am also currently an editor at 1,000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.
For my CV, click here. If you would like to contact me, you can reach me via e-mail.
My research interests range widely over normative ethics, moral psychology, and metaphysics. Recently, I have been especially interested in four sets of questions:
(1) To what extent, if any, does morality tell us to care about what the world looks like from the point of view of the universe? When, if ever, is it morally objectionable to look at the world from that point of view? What, if anything, is good about seeing the world from one's personal point of view?
(2) What is the relationship between self-interested reasons and altruistic reasons? Does our conception of the nature of persons have any bearing on that question? Is there any reason to lament the nature of persons? Is there any reason to lament, for example, the separateness of persons?
(3) How should we feel about the fact that most of what we love and cherish is impermanent? Does that fact preclude our lives from being meaningful?
(4) What is the moral significance of the past? Might some actions be morally wrong to perform now precisely because one would have had to have a morally worse past in order to be willing to perform them?
For my CV, click here. If you would like to contact me, you can reach me via e-mail.
My research interests range widely over normative ethics, moral psychology, and metaphysics. Recently, I have been especially interested in four sets of questions:
(1) To what extent, if any, does morality tell us to care about what the world looks like from the point of view of the universe? When, if ever, is it morally objectionable to look at the world from that point of view? What, if anything, is good about seeing the world from one's personal point of view?
(2) What is the relationship between self-interested reasons and altruistic reasons? Does our conception of the nature of persons have any bearing on that question? Is there any reason to lament the nature of persons? Is there any reason to lament, for example, the separateness of persons?
(3) How should we feel about the fact that most of what we love and cherish is impermanent? Does that fact preclude our lives from being meaningful?
(4) What is the moral significance of the past? Might some actions be morally wrong to perform now precisely because one would have had to have a morally worse past in order to be willing to perform them?
