My research focuses on the ethics of self-defence, compensation, and punishment. My PhD project asked how (if at all) justifications of defensive harming are affected when the victims are partially responsible for being threatened, for instance through provocation or risk-taking. More recently, I have started thinking about some of these questions related to interpersonal address, such as advising (prospective) victims on how to avoid wrongs or blaming victims for failing to avoid wrongs. 

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Publications

Articles:​​

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​​Taking the Fall: Punishment, Constrained Instrumentalism, and False Confessions. 
Australasian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming).

 

Necessity over Time.
Journal of Moral Philosophy (Online First).

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Provocation, Self-Defence, and Protective Duties.
Philosophy and Public Affairs vol. 52, no. 4 (2024): 465-499. 
A brief summary is available at New Work In Philosophy.

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Entrapment and Manipulation.
Res Publica vol. 28, no. 1 (2022): 557-583. 
Winner of the 2022 Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize.

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The Ethics of Political Bots: Should We Allow Them for Personal Use? 
Journal of Practical Ethics vol. 5, no. 2 (2017): 85-104. 
Runner-up for the 2017 Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics.

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Reviews:

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Review of Christopher Nathan, The Ethics of Undercover Policing. 
Criminal Law and Philosophy, vol 18 (2024): 315-323.

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Work in Progress

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R&R:​

1. [A paper on the ethics of advising] (with Romy Eskens)

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In Preparation:​

1. [A paper on victim-blaming]

2. [A paper on criminogenic injustice and punishment]

3. [A paper on asylum, deception, and deportation]

4. [A paper on the value of being "involved" in setting things right]

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