My research focuses on the moral and political status of children. In my current work, I am particularly interested in questions about abusive and non-abusive but harmful parenting. Although my engagement with these questions is philosophical, my research is informed by empirical research in psychology and neuroscience, and is concerned with implications for social policy. In future work, I intend to expand my research focus to other personal relationships as well, focusing particularly on philosophical issues about abusive relationships between adults.
Publications
Peer-reviewed
'Political Liberalism and Cognitive Disability: An Inclusive Account', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, available online, forthcoming in print.
‘Punishment as Moral Fortification and Non-Consensual Neurointerventions’, Law and Philosophy 2019; 38: 149-167.
‘Does Luck Egalitarianism Lose its Appeal in the Face of Genetic Engineering?’, Bioethica 2015; 1(2): 11-23.
Under Review (titles removed to preserve peer review anonymity)
Paper on discrimination and education, co-authored with Tom Parr
Paper on the criminogenic consequences of child abuse
Paper on the costs of childrearing
Paper on dysfunctional parenting
Work in Progress (titles removed to preserve future peer review anonymity)
Paper on the concepts of abuse and neglect
Paper on abusive relationships
Paper on children and Rawlsian Contractualism
Paper on flexibility in career choices
Paper on abortion
Paper on the basis of equality and paternalism
'Political Liberalism and Cognitive Disability: An Inclusive Account', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, available online, forthcoming in print.
‘Punishment as Moral Fortification and Non-Consensual Neurointerventions’, Law and Philosophy 2019; 38: 149-167.
‘Does Luck Egalitarianism Lose its Appeal in the Face of Genetic Engineering?’, Bioethica 2015; 1(2): 11-23.
Under Review (titles removed to preserve peer review anonymity)
Paper on discrimination and education, co-authored with Tom Parr
Paper on the criminogenic consequences of child abuse
Paper on the costs of childrearing
Paper on dysfunctional parenting
Work in Progress (titles removed to preserve future peer review anonymity)
Paper on the concepts of abuse and neglect
Paper on abusive relationships
Paper on children and Rawlsian Contractualism
Paper on flexibility in career choices
Paper on abortion
Paper on the basis of equality and paternalism
Public engagement
Media
‘Duties To Children’, on the podcast Thoughts: Philosophy Untangled, 2021.
‘Is Graffiti Ever Morally Permissible?’, Practical Ethics: Ethics in the News, 2016 (Honourable Mention, Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics).
Policy Contributions
‘Compulsory Neuroenhancement’, presentation at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission (with Tom Douglas), Athens, May 2018.
‘Genetic Engineering: An Egalitarian Approach’, presentation at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, Athens, March 2015.
Research stage at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, 2015.
‘Duties To Children’, on the podcast Thoughts: Philosophy Untangled, 2021.
‘Is Graffiti Ever Morally Permissible?’, Practical Ethics: Ethics in the News, 2016 (Honourable Mention, Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics).
Policy Contributions
‘Compulsory Neuroenhancement’, presentation at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission (with Tom Douglas), Athens, May 2018.
‘Genetic Engineering: An Egalitarian Approach’, presentation at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, Athens, March 2015.
Research stage at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, 2015.
Past RESEARCH
My thesis (DPhil Philosophy, Oxford) discusses what I call the question of exclusion, as it applies to Rawlsian contractualism. According to Rawls’s theory, those who participate in the hypothetical contract and to whom political power ought to be justifiable are reasonable and rational. This implies that those who lack these capacities are excluded from the constituencies of justice and legitimacy. My thesis discusses the exclusion of these groups - namely, children, foetuses, unreasonable persons, individuals with cognitive disabilities, and non-human animals. Its aim is to revise Rawlsian contractualism in order to avoid these exclusionary implications and to offer policy suggestions.