About Me

I’m an Associate Professor and Head of Philosophy in the School of Social, Political, and Historical Research of at the University of Waterloo.

My main area of research is in ethics, with an emphasis on moral psychology. My current research project focuses on addiction and the ethics of drug policy. Many arguments about drugs and drug policy implicitly assume an account of both the nature and the harms of addiction. My project aims to unpack these assumptions, with the aim of contributing to a more just and ethical approach to drug policy.

I teach undergraduate courses on moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, and the philosophy of sport. My graduate teaching focuses on moral psychology and biomedical ethics.

I completed my PhD in 2009 in the Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University.

You can follow my work on PhilPeople

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