My main research interest is agency and responsibility. My current work aims to address what Paul Russell (2022) has called "existential-metaphysical" problems about human agency: how can we make sense of the significance of human agency within the bounds of what we know about the natural world and our place in it?​

 

​​In metaphysics and action theory, my research has focused on two themes: reductionism about agency and the metaphysics of abilities. How do agents relate to their agentive abilities? And how do these abilities themselves relate to dispositions, causation, and counterfactuals? I am especially concerned with how these issues pertain to the free will debate.

 

​My research in ethics and moral psychology focuses on the ethics of praise and blame, whether the aptness of certain moral emotions requires free will, and how emotions can shape our moral agency. I have written about disgust, moral elevation, anger, gratitude, and fear.​​​

 

My work often connects with or directly addresses issues in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and social philosophy, e.g., what's the relationship between an agent and her mind? Can I appropriately blame God? How do our blaming practices interact with moral and political disagreement? 

 

For a complete list of publications, please see my CV. ​

 

I enjoy co-authoring - let me know if you're interested in working together on a project!

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