As a teacher I aim to cultivate a sense of wonder at philosophical questions, and to turn that response into careful, rigorous inquiry.

As a practicing metaethicist, I believe that inquiry into the normative depends on our views about the rest of philosophy. So my teaching interests are broad. They cover almost all normative areas of research (including political philosophy and the history of ethics), as well as various topics in more theoretical philosophy.

My teaching is enriched by pedagogical theory and empirics; I earned a teaching certification from the University of Michigan’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.

As Lead Instructor

The Ethics, Politics, and Law of Accountability

Philosophy in the Islamic World: Reason and Emotion

As Sections Leader

in which we studied canonical texts in metaphysics, epistemology, and moral philosophy.
in which we discussed the philosophies of cognitive science and AI, before turning to the ethics of emerging technology.
in which we discussed the history and philosophy of race, with a special emphasis on race-based wrongs.
in which we discussed why acts are right, outcomes good, arrangements just; what (if anything) make a moral explanation true; and how we know that such explanations are true.
in which we discussed basic theories of practical reasoning and applied them to live ethical and political issues (e.g., philanthropy, reparations, euthanasia).

Teaching Outreach

I am committed to Dewey’s ideal of philosophy as a civic and public practice. So I’ve designed a range of public symposiums, coffee shop seminars, communal forums, and after school courses for Ethics Bowlers.

Here, I have previously taught the philosophy of work, moral problems in American life, Aristotle, the metaphysics of explanation, and the epistemology of science.