I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and (secondarily) Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Previously, I was a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Global Priorities Institute, Oxford, and a Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College. Before that, I completed my PhD in philosophy at the University of Arizona under the supervision of the late, great Jerry Gaus.

I work in social, moral, and political philosophy. Much of my research is interdisciplinary: it brings social scientific tools and evidence to bear on moral or political questions, and so falls under the umbrella of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (“PPE”). These days, I am mainly focused on questions relating to the promotion of social progress and the prevention of regression. But I also like to dabble. 

My co-edited volume, Essays on Longtermism, is now available (open access) from Oxford University Press. 

My book, Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory, is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Elements in Political Philosophy). 

I am working on a book, The Pursuit of Progress, on how to promote long-run social progress amid social complexity.

My published papers are all available at the "research" tab above, either in final form (when open access) or as accepted manuscripts.