I write about morality’s reflective aspect: the part that’s about understanding what’s right or wrong about how we act towards one another. This includes papers on such topics as solidarity, apology, interpersonal justification, and algorithmic opacity.

Publications

Puzzlement as a Guide to Understanding (2026) — Analysis

The Right to a Justification (2025) — Political Philosophy

Being Understood (2024) — Philosophical Issues

The Object of Moral Understanding (2024) — Ergo

Moral Understanding Between You and Me (2024) — Philosophy & Public Affairs

Solidarity and the Work of Moral Understanding (2024) — Philosophical Quarterly

Works in Progress (email me for drafts)

“Justifiability and the Other’s Point of View”

“Explaining Ourselves”

“Opacity and Operative Reasons”