Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Arts and Humanities, Australian Catholic University, 2021- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, 2019-2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, 2016-2018
VolkswagenStiftung Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Stuttgart, 2015-2016 Education Ph.D. 2015, Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis
M.A. 2008, Philosophy, University of Missouri - St. Louis
B.A. 2006, Philosophy & Religion; English, Truman State University
A.A. 2003, General Studies, Scottsdale Community College
Publications Book Plato's Pragmatism: Rethinking the Relationship between Ethics and Epistemology (with Nicholas Baima), Routledge 2021.
Edited Collections Special issue of Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI, 'The Ethics of Belief in Ancient Philosophy' (co-edited with Nicholas Baima), forthcoming.
Special issue of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 'De-Moralizing Ethics'(co-edited with Roger Crisp and Rach Cosker-Rowland), 2024.
Kantian and Sidgwickian Ethics: The Cosmos of Duty Above and the Moral Law Within (co-edited with Tim Henning), Routledge 2020.
Articles and Chapters 'Sidgwick's Critique of Deontology: Scrupulous Fairness or Serpent-Windings?'. Utilitas, forthcoming.
'Bad Feelings Really are Bad: A Reply to Thomason', Philosophia, forthcoming.
'Aptness Isn't Enough: Why We Ought to Abandon Anger', Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 27: 5, 2024 (published online in 2022).
'Be Not Afraid: The Virtue of Fearlessness', Philosophers' Imprint 21:23, 2021.
'Human Rights and Liberal Values: Can Religion-Targeted Immigration Bans be Justified?', Ethics & Global Politics 14: 2, 2021.
'True in Word and Deed: Plato on the Impossibility of Divine Deception' (with Nicholas Baima), Journal of the History of Philosophy 58: 2, 2020.
'Beneficent Governor of the Cosmos: Kant and Sidgwick on the Moral Necessity of God', Kantian and Sidgwickian Ethics, T. Paytas and T. Henning eds. Routledge, 2020. 'Of Providence and Puppet Shows: Divine Hiddenness as Kantian Theodicy', Faith and Philosophy 36: 1, 2019.
'Intrinsic Valuing and the Limits of Justice: Why the Ring of Gyges Matters' (with Nicholas Baima), Phronesis 64: 1, 2019.
'God's Awful Majesty Before Our Eyes: Kant's Moral Justification for Divine Hiddenness', Kantian Review 22: 1, 2017.
'Rational Beings with Emotional Needs: The Patient-Centered Grounds of Kant’s Duty of Humanity', History of Philosophy Quarterly 32: 4, 2015.
'Sometimes Psychopaths Get It Right: A Utilitarian Response to 'The Mismeasure of Morals'', Utilitas 26: 2, 2014.
Book Reviews Review of Dancing with the Devil: Why Bad Feelings Make Life Good, by Krista Thomason, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, forthcoming.
Review of The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle, by Myisha Cherry, Ethics 133: 1, 2022.
Review of The Cosmos of Duty: Henry Sidgwick’s Methods of Ethics, by Roger Crisp, Journal of Moral Philosophy 12: 2, 2018.
Review of Preferences and Well-Being, edited by Serena Olsaretti, Journal of Value Inquiry 43: 2, 2009.
Selected Presentations Stoic Faith 10th Australasian Workship in Moral Philosophy, Kioloa, 2025 Australasian Association of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2017 University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series, 2025 Virtue and Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2023
The Redundancy of Anger Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress XVII, 2024 Australasian Association of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, 2023 University of Notre Dame Australia, 2022
If it Pleases the Gods: The Socratic Piety of Epictetus Macquarie University Philosophy Works-in-Progress Seminar, 2025 International Society of Socratic Studies, University of Illinois, 2024 Valuing Virtue The Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University, 2022
Aptness Isn't Enough: Why We Ought to Abandon Anger Deakin University Philosophy Seminar Series, Melbourne, 2022 Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress XIII, comments by Peter Zuk, 2020 Dianoia Seminar Series, ACU Melbourne, 2020
Blame and De-Moralizing Ethical Theory (with Roger Crisp and Richard Rowland) KIT Philosophy Research Seminar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2019 Dianoia Rome Seminar on De-Moralizing Ethics, ACU Rome Campus, 2019
Non-Moral Utilitarianism Ethical Impartialism: Contemporary Perspectives, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2019 Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress XII, comments by Robbie Kubala, 2019
Be Not Afraid: Reclassifying Fear as a Vice Melbourne Postgraduate Philosophy Workshop (Keynote Lecture), University of Melbourne, 2019 KIT Philosophy Colloquium Series, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2019 ANU School of Philosophy Seminar, Canberra, 2018 APA Eastern Division Meeting, comments by Tim Kwiatek, Baltimore, 2017
Sidgwick’s Critique of Deontology: Scrupulous Fairness or Serpent-Windings? International Society for Utilitarian Studies, London School of Economics, 2024 APA Eastern Division Meeting, comments by David Phillips, Savannah, 2018 Australasian Association of Philosophy, University of Adelaide, 2017 Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress IX, comments by Peter Zuk, University of Colorado, 2016
Intrinsic Valuing and the Limits of Justice: Why the Ring of Gyges Matters (with Nich Baima) ACU Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry Seminar, Melbourne, 2018 APA Central Division Meeting, comments by Daniel Hagen, Chicago, 2014
The Cosmos of Reasons: Sidgwickian Ethics and Non-Moral Consequentialism 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, Invited Sidgwick Panel, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 2018 Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress X, Invited Sidgwick Symposium, University of Colorado, 2017 Philosophy Colloquium, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg , 2017
Of Providence and Puppet Shows: Divine Hiddenness as Kantian Theodicy ACU Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry Seminar, Australian Catholic University, 2018 Workshop on Divine Hiddenness, Oklahoma State University, 2017
Beneficent Governor of the Cosmos: Kant and Sidgwick on the Moral Necessity of God Philosophy Colloquium, Murdoch University, 2018 ACU International Conference on Moral Epistemology, Melbourne, 2018 Philosophy Colloquium, Oklahoma State University, 2017 The Cosmos of Duty Above and the Moral Law Within, Universität Stuttgart, 2016
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Sidgwick’s Axioms and the Partial Dualism of Practical Reason APA Central Division Meeting, Submitted Symposium, comments by Kate Padgett Walsh and Yujia Song, Kansas City, 2017 ACU Moral Philosophy Workshop, Australian Catholic University, 2017 Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress VIII, comments by Peter Zuk, University of Colorado, 2015 Philosophy Colloquium, Washington University in St. Louis, 2015 Rational Beings with Emotional Needs: The Patient-Centered Grounds of Kant’s Duty of Humanity APA Pacific Division Meeting, comments by Mavis Biss, Vancouver, 2015 Pacific Study Group of the North American Kant Society, Stanford University, 2012. Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress V, comments by Geraldine Ng, University of Colorado, 2012
God’s Awful Majesty Before Our Eyes: Kant’s Moral Justification for Divine Hiddenness British Society for the Philosophy of Religion 11th Conference, Oriel College, Oxford, 2015 North American Kant Society Midwest Study Group Meeting, Washington University, 2014 APA Pacific Division Meeting, comments by Glenn Ross, San Diego, 2014
Partial Dualism and the No Self-Favoring View 13th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, Yokohama National University, 2014
Duty, Love, and the Summum Bonum: A Kantian Response to the Alienation Objection APA Central Division Meeting, comments by Ian Blecher, New Orleans, 2013
I’m Sorry I Cared: The Relationship Between Agency and Apology 18th Annual Graduate Research Symposium (poster), Washington University in St. Louis, 2013 Florida State University Graduate Conference on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, comments by Taylor Cyr, Tallahassee, 2012
How Should We Feel about Nursing Homes and Camel Thefts? Central States Philosophical Association Conference, comments by Phil Zema, University of Missouri, 2012
In Defense of Scalar Consequentialism APA Central Division Meeting, comments by Robert Card, Chicago, 2012 Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress IV (poster), University of Colorado, 2011 Southeast Graduate Philosophy Conference, with comments by Vincent Herzog, University of Florida, 2011
Sometimes Psychopaths Get It Right: A Utilitarian Response to ‘The Mismeasure of Morals’ 12th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, New York University, 2012 38th Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (poster), University of Colorado, 2012
You Really Ought to Use a Cleaver to Kill Jones: The Underspecification of Practical Oughts Syracuse University Graduate Philosophy Conference, comments by Travis Timmerman, 2012 14th Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, comments by Spencer Case, University of Colorado, 2012
Grants and Awards
ACU Faculty of Education and Arts Conference Travel Grant (2023) Competitive internal grant funded by ACU FEA. Awarded for presentation of 'The Redundancy of Anger' at the 2023 meeting of the Australasian Association of Philosophy.
Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-Operation Grant (2018) Competitive grant funded by Universities Australia and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Awarded for a research project on "The Philosophical History of Ethical Impartialism."
VolkswagenStiftung Workshop Grant (2016) Competitive grant to fund an international conference or workshop to be organized by a VolkswagenStiftung Fellow and hosted by their home department in Germany. Awarded for "The Cosmos of Duty Above and the Moral Law Within: A Workshop on Sidgwick and Kant."
Pacific APA Graduate Student Travel Stipend (2014, 2015) Awarded for "God's Awful Majesty Before Our Eyes: Kant's Moral Justification for Divine Hiddenness," and "Rational Beings with Emotional Needs: The Patient-Centered Grounds of Kant's Duty of Humanity."
Central APA Graduate Student Travel Stipend (2012, 2013, 2014) Awarded for "In Defense of Scalar Consequentialism," "Duty, Love, and the Summum Bonum: A Kantian Response to the Alienation Objection," and "If Justice Really Matters, It's Not Just a Matter of Degree: The Significance of Gyges' Ring in Republic 2."
North American Kant Society Regional Graduate Essay Prize (2012, 2014) The NAKS regional study groups select one graduate student submission to be presented at their annual meetings and awarded a cash prize. Awarded for "Rational Beings with Emotional Needs: The Patient-Centered Grounds of Kant's Duty of Humanity" (Pacific Region), and "God's Awful Majesty Before Our Eyes: Kant's Moral Justification for Divine Hiddenness" (Midwest Region).
Ben Floyd-Clapman Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching (2013) The philosophy faculty at Washington University in St. Louis recognize one graduate student each year for outstanding teaching.
Hellen Stenner Memorial Essay Prize (2012 - 1st prize, 2013 - 2nd prize) Annual essay competition among graduate students in the Department of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Winners are determined through blind review by external philosophy faculty. Awarded for "Duty, Love, and the Summum Bonum: A Kantian Response to the Alienation Objection," and "You Really Ought to Use a Clever to Kill Jones: The Underspecification of Practical Oughts."
UM - St. Louis Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2008) Each year the philosophy faculty at the University of Missouri-St. Louis select one graduate student who has excelled in the program through coursework, research, teaching, and service.
Teaching Certificates
Teaching Citation, The Teaching Center at Washington University in St. Louis, 2014
Completed all introductory-level departmental TA-training and Teaching Center TA-training workshops
Completed four advanced-level Teaching Center workshops
Received three classroom observations from Philosophy Department faculty
Certificate in University Teaching, Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2008
Completed seven workshops on Teaching for Learning in the University
Completed seven workshops on Preparing for University Teaching
Attended two-day Professional Development Conference for Graduate Teaching Assistants (2006, 2007, 2008)
Received three classroom observations from Center for Teaching & Learning faculty
Composed reflective responses to feedback following classroom observations
Submitted weekly teaching logs to Center for Teaching & Learning TA coordinator
Units Taught Australian Catholic University Primary Instructor Origins of Western Political Thought Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics Doctrine, Myth, and History: Religion and the West Truth and Knowledge in Western Philosophy The Good, the Right, and the Beautiful: Western Ethics and Aesthetics Dialogues with Ancient Thinkers
Washington University in St. Louis Primary Instructor Environmental Ethics Business Ethics Biomedical Ethics Problems in Philosophy Present Moral Problems
Teaching Assistant Philosophy of Language Environmental Ethics Introduction to Logic Philosophy of Mind Present Moral Problems Biomedical Ethics
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Primary Instructor Logic: Principles of Reasoning Introduction to Philosophy Introduction to Ethics Bioethics (two sections) Teaching Assistant Introduction to Ethics Introduction to Philosophy
Lindenwood University Primary Instructor Introduction to Ethics
University of Missouri-St. Louis Primary Instructor Major Questions in Philosophy Business Ethics Approaches to Ethics Significant Figures in Philosophy
Teaching Assistant Philosophy of Religion Major Questions in Philosophy Logic & Language
Service
Referee: Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Ergo, Ethics, Ethics & Global Politics, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Faith and Philosophy, Kantian Review, Oxford University Press, Philosophers' Imprint, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Phronesis, Ratio, Religious Studies, Social Philosophy Today, Synthese, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Southwest Philosophy Review,Utilitas