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Current or upcoming courses

​​Fall 2025:
  • Introduction to Ethics
  • Philosophy of Art

Spring 2026:
  • Introduction to Ethics
  • Philosophy of Humor
  • ​Ethical Theory (topic: Happiness & Well-Being)
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Past courses

Dickinson College:
  • First-Year Seminar: Evil
  • ​First-Year Seminar: Humor
  • Introduction to Ethics
  • Moral Psychology
  • The Philosophy of Mental Illness
  • ​The Philosophy of Humor
  • Modern Moral Philosophy
  • ​Evil
  • Metaethics
  • Happiness and Well-Being
  • ​Virtue
  • The Philosophy of Emotion
  • Senior Seminar: Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue
  • Senior Seminar: 20th Century Moral Philosophy's "Greatest Hits"

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
  • Introduction to Philosophy: Main Problems
  • Making Sense of Ourselves
  • Introduction to Ethics
  • Social Ethics and Political Thought
  • Practical Ethics
  • Bioethics (online)
  • Experience and Reality

Georgia State University:
  • Critical Thinking​

Honors Theses & Independent Studies

In the past, I've supervised Honors theses and independent studies on the following topics:
  • ​Resentment and moral blame
  • Constructivism in ethics
  • Moral disagreement
  • Concepts of illness and health
  • Mental illness and moral responsibility
  • Greed
  • Emotion
  • Moral virtue and situationism
  • The concept of intrinsic value

I'm comfortable supervising projects on most topics in ethics or moral psychology. If you're interested in doing an independent study or writing an Honors thesis, please feel free to reach out and set up a meeting so that we can discuss your interests, ideas, and plans. 
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