I work at the intersection of ethics, philosophy of action and epistemology, and have long-standing research interests in legal and political philosophy, and Ancient Greek philosophy. My research programme develops a distinctive Aristotelian approach to core agency concepts, including autonomy and responsibility as applied to a range of issues, such as moral luck, epistemic injustice and metal disorder.
I am Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent and Editor-in-Chief of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Further positions include:
Current Projects:
I am Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent and Editor-in-Chief of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Further positions include:
- CEPP (Centre for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice) Fellow, LMU-Munich
- Visiting Researcher at the Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy
- Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, London
- Collaborating Centre for Values-Based Practice Partner, St Catherine’s College, Oxford University
- Senior Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg
- Topic Advisory Board Member of Philosophies
- Clare Hall Life Member, Cambridge University
Current Projects:
- Responsibility for (Mere) Habits?
- The Theory and Practice of Co-Creation
Published in 2023:
Moral Competence and Mental Disorder. In Kiener, M. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 287- 298
Is Grit Irrational for Akratic Agents? In: McKearney, P. and N.H. Evans (eds.) Against Better Judgment: Akrasia in Anthropological Perspective. Berghahn Books, Oxford, pp. 146-168.
Autonomy and Responsibility. In: Colburn, B. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Autonomy. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 147-157.
Epistemic justice is both a legitimate and an integral goal of psychiatry: a reply to Kious, Lewis and Kim (2023) (with D Foreman). Psychological Medicine 53(14): 6939-6940
Moral Competence and Mental Disorder. In Kiener, M. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 287- 298
Is Grit Irrational for Akratic Agents? In: McKearney, P. and N.H. Evans (eds.) Against Better Judgment: Akrasia in Anthropological Perspective. Berghahn Books, Oxford, pp. 146-168.
Autonomy and Responsibility. In: Colburn, B. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Autonomy. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 147-157.
Epistemic justice is both a legitimate and an integral goal of psychiatry: a reply to Kious, Lewis and Kim (2023) (with D Foreman). Psychological Medicine 53(14): 6939-6940