Biography
My research interests lie moral philosophy, moral psychology, philosophy of emotions, and philosophy of law. A central focus of my work is the ways in which our temperaments鈥攐ur basic attachments, qualities of character, and emotional dispositions鈥攕hape our ethical lives, including our legal and other interpersonal practices. I've written about shame, taking things personally, taking responsibility, reverence for the law, and the relation between mercy and the law of tort, among other things.
Publications
- 鈥淐reon鈥檚 Revenge: Lawfulness and the Emergence of Law,鈥� in Bernard Williams: From Responsibility to Law and Jurisprudence, edited by Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco and Daniel Peixoto Murata, (Hart/Bloomsbury, forthcoming)
- 鈥淥n the Possibility and the Form of Acquired Rights to External Things,鈥� Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence(forthcoming book symposium issue on Ernest Weinrib鈥檚 Reciprocal Freedom)
- 鈥淢ercy in Tort: An Introduction,鈥� Texas Law Review 102(7): 1599 (2024)
- 鈥淒on鈥檛 Take It Personally,鈥� in Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility vol. 8, edited by Santiago Amaya, David Shoemaker, and Manuel Vargas, 201 (OUP 2024) DOI:
- 鈥淪hame and the Ethical in Williams鈥� (with Aness Kim Webster), in Morality and Agency: Themes from Bernard Williams, edited by Andr谩s Szigeti & Matthew Talbert, 62 (OUP 2022) DOI:
- 鈥淭he Problem of Over-Inclusive Offenses: A Closer Look at Duff on Legal Moralism and Mala Prohibita鈥� (with Alex Sarch), Criminal Law and Philosophy 14: 395 (2020) DOI:
- 鈥淗olding Responsible and Taking Responsibility,鈥� Law and Philosophy 39(3): 263 (2020) DOI:
- 鈥淭he Audience in Shame,鈥� Philosophical Studies 177(5): 1283 (2020) DOI:
- Review of Ignorance of Law by Douglas Husak, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (March 2017)
Courses
Fall 2025
Spring 2026
Future courses may be subject to change.