My Ph.D. is from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Before that, I earned a B.Phil at Oxford University where I studied as a Rhodes Scholar. I joined the Department in 2011.

I mainly work on issues in ethics, Kant, and the philosophy of disability.

Recent, representative publications

• ‘The Problem of Disability Accommodations in Rawls’ Theory of Justice,’ in The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of John Rawls, edited by Christie Hartley, Lori Watson, and Blain Neufeld, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming.
• ‘Respectful Deliberation in Disability Law,’ in Philosophical Foundations of Disability Law, edited by Heloise Robinson, Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry, and Jonathan Herring, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming.
• ‘Pity, Self-Pity, and Death of a Self’, in Disability and Death, edited by Christopher Riddle and Jerome Bickenbach, New York, Routledge, Forthcoming
• ‘Disability Bioethics, Social Inclusion, and Whole-Eye Transplantation,’ (with Kevin Mintz), American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 24, Issue 5, 85-87, 2024.
• ‘Supererogation,’ (with Thomas E. Hill, Jr.) in Hugh Lafollette, ed., International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2023.
• ‘Character Education for Students with Disabilities’, Journal of Moral Education, Volume 54, Issue 4, 494-517.
• ‘Solidarity in Kantian Moral Theory’, Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Volume 12, 54-80, 2022.
• ‘Knowledge, Error, and Enlightenment in Kant’s Moral Philosophy’, in Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends: Kantian Perspective and Practical Applications, edited by Jan-Willem van der Rijt and Adam Cureton, New York, Routledge, 283-309, 2021.
• ‘Gaming the System? Justice, Fairness, and Disability Accommodations’, Journal of Philosophy of Disability, 2022
• ‘Treating Disabled Adults as Children: An Application of Kant’s Conception of Respect’ in Richard Dean and Oliver Sensen (eds.), Respect: Philosophical Essays, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 270-288, 2021.
• ‘Depending on the Undependable: Disability, Fragility, and Stability’ in Licia Carlson and Matthew Murray (eds.), Defining the Boundaries of Disability: Critical Perspectives, New York, Routledge, 26-36, 2021.
• ‘Expressing Respect for People with Disabilities in Clinical Practice’ in I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Anita Silvers and Michael Ashley Stein (eds.), Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• ‘Ideals of Respect: Identity, Dignity and Disability’ in Hugh LaFollette (ed.), Ethics in Practice: An Anthology (5th edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020.
• ‘The Limiting Role of Respect’ in Adam Cureton and David Wasserman (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020.
• ‘Fair Difference of Opportunity’ (with Alexander Kaufman) in Adam Cureton and David Wasserman (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020.
• ‘Hiding a Disability and Passing as Non-Disabled’ in Adam Cureton and Thomas E. Hill (eds.), Disability in Practice: Attitudes, Policies and Relationships, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 18-32, 2018.
• ‘Reasonable Hope in Kant’s Ethics’, Kantian Review, 23(2), 182-203, 2018.
• ‘Kant on Virtue: Seeking the Ideal in Human Conditions,’ (with Thomas E. Hill) in Nancy Snow, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Virtue, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 263-280, 2018.
• ‘The Moral Concept of Right as Adjudication’, in Mark Timmons, ed., Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, vol. 7, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 51-72, 2018
• ‘Respecting the Dignity of Children with Disabilities in Clinical Practice’ (with Anita Silvers), HEC Forum. 29(3), 257-276, 2017.
• ‘Parents with Disabilities,’ The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics, edited by Leslie Pickering Francis, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 407-427, 2017.
• ‘Prudence and Responsibility to Self in an Identity Crisis,’ Res Philosophica, 93(2), 815-842, 2016.
• ‘Kant on Cultivating a Good and Stable Will,’ in Iskra Fileva, ed., Questions of Character, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 63-77, 2016.
• ‘Unity of Reasons,’ Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19(4), 877-89, 2016.
• ‘Offensive Beneficence,’ Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 2(1), 74-90, 2016.
• ‘Some Advantages to Having a Parent with a Disability,’ Journal of Medical Ethics 42(1), 31-34, 2016.
• ‘Making Room for Rules,’ Philosophical Studies 172(3), 737-759, 2015.
• ‘Some Virtues of Disability,’ International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 19(1), 19-35, 2015.
• ‘Justice and the Crooked Wood of Human Nature,’ in Alexander Kaufman, ed., Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage: Papers in Honor of G.A. Cohen, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 79-94, 2014.
• ‘Kant on Virtue and the Virtues,’ (with Thomas E. Hill) in Nancy Snow, ed., Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 87-109, 2014.
• ‘A Contractualist Reading of Kant’s Proof of the Formula of Humanity,’ Kantian Review 18(3), 363-386, 2013.
• ‘From Self-Respect to Respect for Others,’ Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (94), 166-187, 2013.
• ‘Solidarity and Social Moral Rules,’ Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 15(5), 691-706, 2012.

Books

• Sovereignty of Reason: Autonomy and the Interests of Reason in Kantian Philosophy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
• Respecting Disability, New York, Oxford University Press, Under contract.
• Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends: Kantian Perspective and Practical Applications, edited by Jan-Willem van der Rijt and Adam Cureton, New York, Routledge, 2021.
• The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, edited with David Wasserman, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020
• Disability in Practice:  Attitudes, Policies and Relationships, edited with Thomas E. Hill, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018.
• Disability and Disadvantage:  Re-examining Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy, edited with Kimberley Brownlee, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Book Reviews

• Review of Eva Feder Kittay, Learning from my Daughter: The Value and Care of Disabled Minds, Mind, 2019.
• Review of Thomas E. Hill, Virtue, Rules and Justice: Kantian Aspirations, Kantian Review, 19(1), 171-176, 2014.