Philosophers of science now broadly agree that doing good science involves making non-
epistemic value judgments. I call attention to two very different normative standards which …

This book aims to provide a rigorous philosophical treatment of the ethical foundations of
fatality risk regulation. Specifically, it will develop a welfare-consequentialist (“welfarist”) …

Political philosophers have recently debated what role social practices should play in
normative theorising. Should our theories be practice-independent or practice-dependent …

What methods should political philosophers use? One debate—henceforth just the debate—
is about ideal versus non-ideal theory and asks questions such as how far should political …

Is my dog, with his joyful and carefree life, better off than I am? Do hens in battery cages
have worse lives than cows at pasture? Will my money improve welfare more if I spend it on …

Why, if at all, should we object to economic inequality? Some central arguments–the
argument from decreasing marginal utility for example–invoke instrumental reasons and …

I introduce a new formulation of rule consequentialism, defended as an improvement on
traditional formulations. My new formulation cleanly avoids what Parfit calls “ideal world” …

This paper presents the Universality Argument that pleasure is goodness. It proceeds from a
moral sense theory that analyzes moral concepts as concerned with what all should hope …

This powerful new book looks at how private institutions governing and organising sport
restrict political expression. Uniquely, it makes a case for the freedom of expression for …

Some consider the burnout label to be controversial, even calling for the abandonment of
the term in its entirety. In this communication, we argue for the pragmatic utility of the burnout …