Research Interests

1. Criminal law theory, especially blame, punishment and rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders
2. Normative ethics, in particular, reasons, justifications and excuses
3. Applied ethics, especially ethics of political protest and self-defence as well as ethics of psychiatry
4. Philosophy of emotions, with a focus on the rationality of emotions and their role in moral judgement

Work in Progress

Thesis Papers

1. Compassion for the Culpable
2. Compassion for the Culpable: Pereboom's Four Cases
3. Compassion for the Culpable and the State's Duty to Rehabilitate Offenders

Other Papers

1. Punishment, Deterrence and Overdetermination
   — Co-authored with Trenton Sewell
2. What Is Liability to Defensive Harm?
   — Co-authored with Trenton Sewell
3. Affective Alienation
   — Co-authored with Angelo Ryu
4. Political Protest and Reasons to Try