Title

Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ethics

Philosophy
Sociology

Expertise

Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Utilitarianism

Profile

I am currently conducting research in a few related areas. I continue to develop a version of moral realism based on the property of intrinsic goodness' being identical to (and not merely supervenient upon) a particular phenomenal property, one we might alternatively call "pleasantness". In addition, I am working on defending the hedonistic utilitarianism implied by this metaethical view, and I am also very interested in utopian thought, past and present, as a way of exploring how hedonistic utilitarianism might best be practiced.