My research interests lie primarily in normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, and other related areas. Broadly speaking, I am interested in the theoretical assumptions or questions at the core of a range of practical issues.
My current main areas of focus are:
the ethics of AI: particularly predictive algorithmic systems at use in the criminal justice or military context—that is, by institutions that claim a monopoly on a certain kind of use of force
the ethics of travel: I am particularly interested in exploring how mass tourism generates a range of harms, and whether the benefits are sufficient to justify it
various issues in the ethics of war, including (1) its intersection with debates about partiality, i.e., the extent to which our special relationships to our co-nationals alter what is permissible (or obligatory) in war; (2) soldiers’ moral obligation to enhance; and several other related topics.
All my publications are listed and linked on the ‘Publications’ page.
In my dissertation, I defended a modest form of national partiality in war, which has important implications for the central moral constraints governing both entering into war (jus ad bellum) and conduct within war (jus in bello). This was the topic of my dissertation, National Partiality and War, which I defended in 2019. Click here for my dissertation summary, or go here to download the full dissertation.
Click here for my PhilPapers profile.