all publications

Textbooks

Norton Introduction to Ethics.  Co-edited with Alexander Guerrero.  Norton, in progress.

Norton Introduction to Philosophy, Second Edition.  Co-edited with Gideon Rosen, Alex Byrne, Joshua Cohen, and Seana Shiffrin.  Norton, 2018.

Articles

The Ever Conscious View and the Contingency of Moral Status,” in Rethinking Moral Status, Stephen Clarke, ed., Oxford, forthcoming. (Abstract)

Ethics is Hard! What Follows?” in Oxford Handbook of Moral Responsibility, Dana Nelkin and Derk Pereboom, eds., Oxford, forthcoming. (Abstract)

Gamete Donation as a Laudable Moral Mistake,” in Oxford Handbook of Population Ethics, Gustaf Arrhenius, Krister Bykvist, Tim Campbell, and Elizabeth Finneron-Burns, eds., Oxford, forthcoming. (Abstract)

There is No Moral Ought and No Prudential Ought,” in Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason, Ruth Change and Kurt Sylvan, eds. Routledge, 2021. (Abstract)

Moral Testimony Goes Only So Far,” Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility, 2019. (Abstract)

When is Failure to Realize Something Exculpatory?” in Responsibility: The Epistemic Condition, Philip Robichaud and Jan Willem Wieland, eds., Oxford, 2017. (Abstract)

Morally Permissible Moral Mistakes,” Ethics, 2016. (Abstract)

The Irrelevance of Moral Uncertainty,” Oxford Studies in Metaethics, 2015. (Abstract)

Morality Within the Realm of the Morally Permissible,” Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, 2015. (Abstract)

Eating Meat as a Morally Permissible Moral Mistake,” in Philosophy Comes to Dinner, in Philosophy Comes to Dinner, Andrew Chignell, Terence Cuneo, and Matt Halteman, eds., Routledge, 2015. (Abstract)

Transformative Experiences and Reliance on Moral Testimony,Res Philosophica, 2015. (Abstract)

Review of The Limits of Kindness by Caspar Hare,” Ethics, 2015. (Abstract)

Is It Reasonable to ‘Rely on Intuitions’ in Ethics?” in Norton Introduction to Philosophy, Alex Byrne, Joshua Cohen, Gideon Rosen, and Seana Shiffrin, eds., Norton, 2015. (Abstract)

Does Moral Ignorance Exculpate?Ratio, 2011. (Abstract)

The Moral Significance of Animal Pain and Animal Death,” in The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics, Tom L. Beauchamp and R.G. Frey, eds., Oxford, 2011. (Abstract)

Fischer and Lamenting Non-existence,” Social Theory and Practice, 2011. (Abstract)

Critical Study of Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence by David Benatar,” Nous, 2009. (Abstract)

‘I’ll Be Glad I Did It’ Reasoning and the Significance of Future Desires,” Philosophical Perspectives, 2009. (Abstract)

Harming as Causing Harm,” in Harming Future Persons, Melinda Roberts and David Wasserman, eds., Springer, 2009. (Abstract)

Discussion of Nomy Arpaly’s Unprincipled Virtue,” Philosophical Studies, 2007. (Abstract)

How is the Ethics of Stem Cell Research Different from the Ethics of Abortion?Metaphilosophy, 2007. (Abstract)

Sacred Mountains and Beloved Fetuses: Can Loving or Worshipping Something Give It Moral Status?Philosophical Studies, 2007. (Abstract)

Can We Harm and Benefit in Creating?Philosophical Perspectives, 2004. (Abstract) 

The Potentiality Problem,” Philosophical Studies, 2003. (Abstract)

Creation Ethics: The Moral Status of Early Fetuses and the Ethics of Abortion,” Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1999. (Abstract)