Biography
Professor, Chair
BA, MA, PhD (Waterloo)
I study ethical theory. The focus is on the definitions, concepts, and justifications for moral talk. Specifically, I study contractarian arguments that pretend to ground moral motivation on a picture of enlightened self-interest. A large chunk of this justification veers into game theory.
Recent Publications
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Normativity problem for rational reductions of morality
- Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, GR, August 4-10, 2013, 2018
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Morals and consent
- McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017
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Prejudice and evolutionary game theory
- Public Affairs Quarterly, 2010
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The atheist's primer
- Broadview Press, 2010
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Rational choice and evolutionary fit
- Moral psychology today: essays on values: rational choice, and the will, 2008
Research Classification
- No classification given
Research Interests
- Ethical theory
- Contractarian ethics
- Moral epistemology
- Evolutionary game theory
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