Assistant Professor (DPhil Oxford)

Field of Specialization: Contemporary Political Philosophy

Research Interests

• Children's Rights
• Morality of Procreation
• Familial Justice
• Autonomy
• Educational Equality

Selected Publications

• "Childhood Bads, Parenting Goods, and the Right to Procreate" (with RJ Leland), Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, forthcoming.


• "Why Childhood is Bad for Children," Journal of Applied Philosophy, forthcoming.


• "Introduction: On the Morality of Procreation and Parenting" in Permissible Progeny?: The Morality of Procreation and Parenting, Sarah Hannan, Samantha Brennan, Richard Vernon (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2015.


• Permissible Progeny?: The Morality of Procreation and Parenting (co-edited with Samantha Brennan and Richard Vernon), Oxford University Press, 2015.


• "Parental Rights: A Role-based Approach" (with Richard Vernon), Theory and Research in Education 6, no. 2 (2008): 173-189.

Other Outputs

• “Examining Ethics” podcast, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. Episode 8 “To Be A Parent … Or Not”, Aired March 30th, 2016: http://examiningethics.org/2016/03/8-parent-not/#more-284


• Contributor to Educational Website: https://edeq.stanford.edu/

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