Papers and Drafts

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Journal Articles

The Civic Friendship Dilemma (2025)

The Philosophical Quarterly (PhilPapers)

An attempt to vindicate liberal civic friendship.

Why Restrict Medical Effective Altruism? (2024)

Bioethics (PhilPapers)

A rejection of principled limits on altruistic medical risks.

Against Deference to Authority (2023)

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (PhilPapers)

A critique of Raz’s service conception of authority.

Acceptance and Deference (2025)—–

Synthese (PhilPapers)

I defend acceptance as the best response to expertise.

Compatibilism and Truly Minimal Morality (2024)

Utilitas (PhilPapers)

A revisionary account of Strawsonian compatibilism.

Conservatism and Justified Attachment (2024)

European Journal of Philosophy (PhilPapers)

A deflationary account of value conservatism.

NIMBYism and Legitimate Expectations (2023)

Journal of Applied Philosophy (PhilPapers)

A charitable (limited) reconstruction of NIMBYism.

Book Chapters

Immigration, Integration, and National Culture

With Lionel K. McPherson. Education and Migration, ed. Tetyana Kloubert (Springer). 2019.

A critique of national culture defenses of immigration restriction.

Buchanan and Political Consent—————

In Political Economy and Social Philosophy of James M. Buchanan, eds. Rosolino Candela, Mikayla Novak, & Alain Marciano (Rowan & Littlefield). Forthcoming.

Drafts