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
Work in Progress
‘Justice in Upbringing’
‘Liberalism and the Necessity of Relationship Lessons’
‘On the Implications of Public Reason for Abortion’
‘The Problem of Children's Exclusion in Rawlsian Contractualism’
'The Basis of Equality, Paternalism, and Neurointerventions'
'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
Work in Progress
‘Justice in Upbringing’
‘Liberalism and the Necessity of Relationship Lessons’
‘On the Implications of Public Reason for Abortion’
‘The Problem of Children's Exclusion in Rawlsian Contractualism’
'The Basis of Equality, Paternalism, and Neurointerventions'
CURRENT RESEARCH
My research at the University of Hong Kong focuses on the moral and political status of children, examining a wide range of questions about what duties parents, states, and third parties have towards children. In my current work, I am particularly interested in questions around the prevention of both abusive and non-abusive but harmful parenting. Although my engagement with these questions is philosophical, my research is informed by other disciplines, such as psychology and neuroscience, and is concerned with practical implications for public policy, such as education and laws regarding parenting. 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.
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.