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My teaching and research focus on ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of law. I am especially concerned with questions of individual autonomy, social justice and legal interpretation. All are interests closely connected with my past legal training and ongoing engagement with the structure and content of the legal system.

Much of my present research considers the nature and value of moral theory, specifically theories of justice, and the insights they afford us in treating practical questions. In particular, my recent articles reinterpret Immanuel Kant’s theory of justice and develop Kantian positions on issues of punishment, social welfare, citizenship and civic virtue.

Selected Publications

“Kantian Justice and Poverty Relief,” Kant-Studien, 95. Jahrg., Heft 1 (2004): 86-106.

“Three Strategies for Theorizing about Justice,” 40 American Philosophical Quarterly (2003): 77-90.

“Civility and Hospitality: Justice and Social Grace in Trying Times,” 6 Kantian Review (2002):
85-108.

“Revolution, Contradiction and Kantian Citizenship,” in Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretive Essays, ed. Mark Timmons, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 209-31.

“Kant, Ideal Theory and the Justice of Exclusionary Zoning,” 110 Ethics (October 1999): 32-58.