Research


I have a number of research projects in the areas of ethics, epistemology, and their intersection, including a book project, in which I argue that epistemic virtue is integral to the development of moral character and a constitutive contributor to well-being.  

Here is a list of some of my recent publications.  (Some of them are available on my PhilPeople profile.)  If you have any feedback, or work of your own you think I'd be interested in, please reach out!

Papers

“Doxastic Harm."  Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 2022.

“The Challenge of Measuring Well-Being as Philosophers Conceive of It.”  Measuring Well-Being, edited by Matthew T. Lee, Laura D Kubzansky, and Tyler J. VanderWeele, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 257-282.

"Pragmatic Encroachment and Practical Reasons,”  Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology, edited by Brian Kim and Matthew McGrath, Routledge, 2019, pp. 56-68.

“What Makes the Epistemic Virtues Valuable?”  The Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology, edited by Heather Battaly, Routledge, 2019, pp. 69-80. 

“The Revival of Virtue Ethics,” with Allan Hazlett, The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1946-2010, edited by Kelly Becker and Iain Thomson, Cambridge, 2019.

“The Role of Epistemic Virtue in the Realization of Basic Goods.”  Episteme 13(4): 379-395.  (2016)

“The Nature and Importance of Roles.” The Journal of Value Inquiry 50(4): 721-734.  (2016)

“Equality, Flourishing, and the Problem of Predation.”  The Moral Rights of Animals,  ed. Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Lynn Comstock.  Lexington Books.  81-103.  (2016)

“Virtue and Well-Being.” The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being, ed. Guy Fletcher.  Routledge.  242- 258.  (2016)

"Eudaimonia in Contemporary Virtue Ethics."  Handbook of Virtue Ethics, ed. Stan van Hooft and Nicole Saunders. Acumen Press. (2014)

"The Role of Welfare in Eudaimonism."  Southern Journal of Philosophy 51(4): 511-535. (2013)

"Pragmatic Encroachment in Accounts of Epistemic Excellence."  Synthese 190: 3929-3952. (2013)

"A Eudaimonist Approach to the Problem of Significance."  Acta Analytica 25(2): 215-241. (2010)

Reviews

Review of The Virtues of Happiness: A Theory of the Good Life by Paul Bloomfield, Oxford University Press.  Ethics 126(2).  2016.

Review of Intelligent Virtue by Julia Annas, Oxford University Press.  Mind 122(485): 241-245.  2013.

Review of Epistemic Authority: A Theory of Trust, Authority, and Autonomy of Belief by Linda Zagzebski, Oxford University Press.  Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.  2013.

Review of Aristotle and the Virtues by Howard Curzer, Oxford University Press. Ancient Philosophy 34: 216-219.  2014.