Current Research
I am interested in problems at the
theoretical end of applied ethics. For example, the nature of the good life,
the moral status of animals, and various problems that come up in the lives of
parents and parents-to-be.
Representative Publications
- Animalkind: What We Owe to Animals (Wiley-Blackwell
2010).
- The Weight of Things: Philosophy
and the Good Life (Wiley-Blackwell 2007).
- "Imagine
That" arts column in The
Philosopher's Magazine.
- "How
Good Do We Have to Be?" Philosophy
Now.
- "Can
Counterfactuals Save Mental Causation?" Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 73:71-90, 1995.
- "Computationalism
and the Causal Role of Content," Philosophical
Studies, 75:231-260, 1994.
Work in Progress
- I’m
writing an article on animal experimention for Current Debates in Bioethics (Wiley-Blackwell forthcoming).
- I’m
working on a book-length project dealing with parenthood.
Teaching
- Animal
Rights
- The
Meaning of Life
- Environmental
Ethics
- Philosophy
and Literature
Other than that
A famous philosopher once said "I
blog, therefore I am." I blog at In Living Color (kazez.blogspot.com).