This dissertation consists of three related but self-contained papers. The first clarifies what some philosophers have thought to be an epistemological problem for metaethical realism: …
At present, there is little consensus in the secondary literature about how to understand Kant’s metaethical position. In the space of contemporary metaethical theories, neither …
The broad question of this dissertation is how, if at all, one’s moral theories should relate to their moral beliefs and their motivations. The first …
The two main claims of my dissertation are summarized in its contradictory-sounding title: "Nothing Is Bad, and so Is Suffering." Across three interrelated papers, I …
Both anti-Humeanism and moral particularism have received a great deal of attention in the wake of John McDowell's suggestive writings on these topics. However, most …