assistant professor of philosophy and political science @VanderbiltU
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined September 2022
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I wrote a decision theory paper?? Out now (open access) in Phil Studies! It's about tiny probabilities of enormous value, and why we shouldn't worry too much about them, despite what "fanatics" claim. (The title is a play on @HaydenWilko's "In Defense of Fanaticism.") link below
New paper out (open access) at PPA! Philanthropy and democracy can seem at odds, but what about philanthropy that specifically aims to benefit the disenfranchised? I argue that we can and should encourage this, while discouraging certain other sorts of philanthropy. (link below)
Curious about the ideal and non-ideal theory debate? My book, Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory, is now out open access with Cambridge Elements in Political Philosophy! Read the book that David Estlund has called "easily the best full treatment of the topic that we have."
(link below)
cambridge.org/core/elements/…
(Due to a metadata error the book is currently listed under Elements in Political Psychology—but ignore that! The book does touch on related debates in ethics, epistemology, etc., but I promise it is mainly about political philosophy, not psychology.)
New paper in Political Philosophy: “What Can We Learn from the Diversity Trumps Ability Theorem?” No, diversity doesn’t *trump* ability, but the theorem illuminates a baton-passing mechanism by which diversity can help us find better options (even when we disagree about values!)
The full (open access) pdf for Essays on Longtermism is now available here, in case you are champing at the bit to read Part IV! fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/…
Very pleased that our volume, Essays on Longtermism, is now out! (Currently dealing with a glitch on the website where the six chapters in part IV are missing from the online version, but this should be fixed soon.)
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Very pleased that our volume, Essays on Longtermism, is now out! (Currently dealing with a glitch on the website where the six chapters in part IV are missing from the online version, but this should be fixed soon.)
Today's the day! Essays on longtermism is now out (open access) with Oxford University Press. academic.oup.com/book/60794
New (open access) paper out in Ergo! Some think that something is good for you if you desire it. Problem: lots of your desires have nothing to do with what's good for you. My solution: something is good for you if you desire it *for your own sake*. It's simple, but it works
New paper (w/ Andi Schmidt)! We bridge the ethics literature on moral uncertainty with the political philosophy literaure on moral disagreement, suggesting moral uncertainty supports a weighty (but not overriding) requirement that laws be justified to all journals.publishing.umich.ed…
a weird thing about the ideal/nonideal theory debate in political philosophy is that both sides write as if the other side is dominant. the 2020 philpapers survey suggests nonideal theroy is now more popular. are there other attempts to measure this (e.g., publications, hires)?
toronto about ready to give drake the dwane casey treatment. thanks for building the culture but uh... I hear detroit is nice
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Anyone know the best way to do a prisoner's dilemma game in the context of teaching Hobbes's state of nature? It's a 60-person class. bonus points vs. other incentives, clickers vs paper, randomly paired groups vs. n-person PD (public goods game), etc.
I went with "reject"--thanks for your input!
recently refereed a paper that I thought was an obvious reject. I’ve now been asked to referee a revision. the author put lots of work in, but didn’t satisfactorily address my original concerns. what do I do, given that the editor already overrode those concerns?
50%reject
18%accept/r&r
32%recuse myself
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recently refereed a paper that I thought was an obvious reject. I’ve now been asked to referee a revision. the author put lots of work in, but didn’t satisfactorily address my original concerns. what do I do, given that the editor already overrode those concerns?
50%reject
18%accept/r&r
32%recuse myself
109 votes • Final results