Research Interests
My primary interests span the field of ethics, from applied to meta-ethics. Often, I am interested in connecting these questions to other subfields of philosophy, like political philosophy or epistemology.
I typically work within a Kantian framework. Not dogmatically so, but because it provides an opening for systematically connecting topics across philosophy, and because I believe Kantianism, with strong foundations, has important contributions to make to both emerging and timeless questions in ethics.
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Historical
My historical research is centred around Kant's moral epistemology. In my dissertation, I aim to define the nature and conditions of 'practical cognition' in relation to notions such as belief, knowledge, and science, as well as their theoretical counterparts. This will give us a better understanding of what it means to cognize and assent to a moral judgment, on Kant's account, and how such a judgment compares to a descriptive one.
In progress:
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A paper on the nature and conditions of the practical cognition of moral imperatives.
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A paper on whether we have knowledge, in the Kantian sense, of the moral law.
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A paper on the epistemic status of freedom of the will and the postulates of practical reason.
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A paper on the conditions for ethics to be a proper science.
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A paper on the quasi-mathematical method of construction employed in the Doctrine of Right.
Moral Epistemology
Systematic
Climate Ethics
My work in climate ethics is based on the belief that deontological constraints are uniquely capable of providing reasons and obligations for acting in collective action problems, especially the most urgent one for our times, global warming.
Published:
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"Minimal Requirements of Beneficence for Collective Impact Problems". The Ethics of Inefficacy. (Forthcoming)
In progress:
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A paper on resources in Kant's political philosophy for climate policies. (Co-authored with Vinicius Carvalho).
Ethics of Technology
Moral reflection on technology is centered on other-regarding reasons for how or whether to use technology (e.g., environmental costs), but in a current project, we are interested in the duties we have to ourselves to (not) interact with technology in certain ways.
In progress:
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A paper on how to (not) use GenAI in relation to the duty to further our rational capacities. (Co-authored with Marjolein Lanzing & Thomas Nys).
Ethics of Belief
The ethics of belief is a novel field inquiring into the norms governing belief-formation. I am particularly interested in when and how practical, especially moral, reasons can override or fill the void of epistemic reasons for holding (or not holding) a belief.
In progress:
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A paper on whether the formula of humanity recognizes the possibility of 'doxastic wronging'.