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 at the University of Oxford, where I was also 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 primary 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 book, Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory, is available (open access) with Cambridge University Press (Elements in Political Philosophy). 

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

I am working on a new book, The Pursuit of Progress, on how to promote long-run social progress. It focuses both on how we can conserve those social conditions that already conduce to progress ("progressive conservation"), and on how we can reform societies to make them better at getting better ("progressive reform").

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