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About

I completed my Ph.D. in Philosophy at UCLA in the fall of 2021. I am currently a Fellow of the Barry Center. Here is my CV.

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Research

I specialize in ethics, moral psychology, and the philosophy of action. My dissertation was on irony and morality, and my current work is unified by an interest in the role of unachievable ideals in practical reasoning. This interest animates working papers on an array of topics: contentment, the negative emotions, irony, G.E.M. Anscombe’s account of motives, and the difficulty of representing virtue as its own reward in games.

My article, “On Not Being ‘Worth It,’” appeared in Ergo.

My article, “The Virtues of Transparent Akrasia?” appeared in Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility (vol. 9).

My article, “What Is the Point of a Duty of Beneficence? Reevaluating Taurek,” appeared in Utilitas.

My article, “The Importance of Logically Complex Actions,” appeared in Philosophical Explorations.

Teaching

In the spring of 2027, I will co-teach a seminar on post-literacy at the Morningside Institute. Here are my teaching evaluations.