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Academic Employment

• • Associate Professor, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, July 2022 - Present

    • Associated Faculty Member, Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania

    • Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Law and Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Law School

    • Faculty Affiliate, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania

    • Affiliated Faculty Member, Wharton Climate Center, Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative

    • Affiliated Faculty Member, Wharton Social Impact Initiative

  • Visiting Associate Professor, Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University, August 2022 - July 2023

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, July 2015 - June 2022

  • Berggruen Fellow and Fellow-in-Residence, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, September 2018 - June 2019

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, McCoy Center for Ethics in Society/Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, September 2013 - June 2015

• Lecturer, University of California-Berkeley, January - August 2013

• Research Fellow, University of Melbourne (Project on “Egalitarianism and Climate Justice"), May - October 2012

Education

• University of California-Berkeley, Ph.D in Philosophy (2012)

• New York University, M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought (2005)

• New York University, B.A. in Philosophy with Honors (second major Politics), summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2004)

Areas of Specialization

• Moral and Political Philosophy, Environmental Ethics (esp. Climate Change), Business Ethics

Areas of Competence

• Metaethics, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Social Science

Publications 

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Talks (*=refereed; #=invited)

• • "The Ethics of Partner Hiring in Academia" (with Kritika Maheshwari)

    • Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Birmingham, July 2024*

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, University of Oxford, June 2024*

  • "Autonomous Vehicle Algorithms, Respect for Humanity, and Saving the Greater Number"

    • Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), June 2024*

    • International Society for Utilitarian Studies Conference, University College London, June 2024*

    • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2023*

    • Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, University of St. Andrews, July 2022*

  • "Longtermism, Effective Altruism, and Ecumenicism"

    • Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them?, Budva, Montenegro, May 2024*

  • "Rethinking the Legitimate Grounds for Dietary Guidance from Medical Professionals" (with Keri Rosen)

    • Rethinking Institutions for Animals Workshop, University of Basel (Switzerland), March 2024*

  • "Understanding the Wrong of Exploitation"

    • Penn Bioethics Seminar, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, February 2024#

    • Columbia River Ethics Workshop, Astoria, OR, August 2023

  • "Social Entrepreneurship and Obligations of Justice"

    • Social Philosophy and Policy Conference, University of Arizona (Tuscon, AZ), December 2023#

  • "Who is Wronged by Wrongful Exploitation?"

    • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2023*

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, Boston, MA, August 2023*

    • Topics in Political Philosophy Workshop, Institut Jean Nicod (Paris, France), July 2023#

    • University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC), Department of Philosophy, March 2023#

    • National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD), Department of Bioethics, February 2023#

    • Rhodes College (Memphis, TN), Department of Philosophy, October 2022#

    • North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, Neumann University (Philadelphia, PA), July 2022*

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, University of Edinburgh, July 2022*

    • Future of Work Workshop, University of Rotterdam, June 2022#

    • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2021* (online)

    • Business Ethics in the 6ix Conference, Ryerson University, May 2021* (online)

    • Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance Conference, Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Business and Governance, December 2020* (online)

  • "When is it Permissible to Impose and Offset Risks?"

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2023*

    • University of Maryland, Department of Philosophy, November 2022#

    • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2022*

    • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2022*

  • "Relational Egalitarianism, Institutionalism, and Workplace Hierarchy"

    • Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), June 2023*

    • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 2022*

    • International Symposium on Rawls, University of Girona (Spain), September 2021*

    • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2021* (online)

    • Significance of Work Conference, Tilburg University, August 2021*

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2021*

    • Association for Social and Political Philosophy Conference, July 2021* (online)

    • Working as Equals Workshop, St. Mary's College (Moraga, CA), June 2021* (online)

  • "The Necessity of Ethics and the Limits of ESG"

    • ESG: Promising Framework of Problematic Idea Conference, Center for Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility, Marymount University (Arlington, VA), April 2023# (keynote talk)

  • "Effective Altruism, Global Justice, and Individual Obligations"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, April 2023#

    • Symposium on Markets, Social Entrepreneurship, and Effective Altruism, Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University, November 2022#

  • "What Are the Moral Obligations of Corporations During a Time of War?"

    • Arrupe Center for Business Ethics, St. Joseph's University, November 2022#

  • "Philosophy, Public Engagement, and Social Movements"

    • Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum Conference, University of Mississippi, October 2022# (keynote talk) 

  • "The Climate Imperative for Business"

    • British Academy of Management Conference, University of Manchester, September 2022*

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, August 2020* (online)

  • Panelist on "Business Ethics Research Reconsidered: Goals, Traditions, Epistemologies"

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, Seattle, WA, July 2022*

  • "Limitarianism, Institutionalism, and Justice"

    • Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), June 2022*

  • "Autonomous Vehicles, Business Ethics, and Risk Distribution in Hybrid Traffic"

    • European Academy of Management Conference, Zurich University of Applied Sciences School of Management and Law (Winterthur, Switzerland), June 2022*

    • European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness,  University of Zurich, June 2022*

  • "What Should Business Ethics Be? Aims, Methodology, Substance"

    • University of St. Gallen, Institute for Business Ethics, June 2022# 

  • "Autonomous Vehicles and the Ethics of Driving"

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, July 2021* (online)

    • Society for Philosophy and Technology Conference, Lille Catholic University, June 2021* (online)

  • "Ethical Consumerism, Democratic Values, and Justice"

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, July 2021* (online)

    • POLEMO Symposium in Political, Moral, and Legal Philosophy, Central European University (Vienna), June 2021* (online)

    • Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), June 2021* (online)

    • Canadian Philosophical Association, Edmonton, Alberta, June 2021* (online)

    • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, New York, NY, January 2021* (online)

    • Georgetown University, Department of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy, November 2020# (online)

    • Workshop on Morals, Markets, and Market-Based Societies, University of Colorado-Boulder Center for Values and Social Policy, May 2020* (online)

    • Transatlantic Normative Business Ethics Workshop, Paris, France, May 2017#

    • North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), July 2016*

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, Queen's University Belfast, July 2016*

    • Association for Social and Political Philosophy Conference, London School of Economics, June 2016*

    • International Economic Philosophy Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 2016*

  • "Exploitation, Trade Justice, and Corporate Obligations"

    • International Economic Philosophy Conference, University of Warsaw, June 2021* (online)

  • "Climate Justice, Feasibility Constraints, and the Role of Political Philosophy"

    • Ethics in a Global Environment Conference, University of Birmingham, May 2021* (online)

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2020* (online)

    • Social and Cultural Dimensions of Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Conference, University of Marburg & University of Giessen (Germany), June 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)#

  • Invited Panelist on "Vaccine Distribution, Justice, and the Pandemic"

    • PPE in a Time of Pandemic Series, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, March 2021# (online)

  • "Effectiveness and Demandingness"

    • International Society for Utilitarian Studies Conference, University of Illinois-Chicago, July 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)

    • Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Kent, July 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)*

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, University of Edinburgh, July 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)*

    • Canadian Philosophical Association, Western University (London, Canada), June 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)*

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2019*

    • North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, University of San Francisco, July 2019*

    • International Conference on Ethics, University of Porto, June 2019*

  • "The Value of Fairness and the Wrong of Wage Exploitation"

    • North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, Neumann University, July 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)*

    • Exploitation Workshop, University of San Diego, March 2020*

  • "Should I be a Revolutionary or Simply Make the World a Better Place? Assessing the Institutional Critique of Effective Altruism"

    • St. Joseph's University, Department of Philosophy, October 2019#

  • "Rawlsian Institutionalism and Business Ethics: Does it Matter Whether Corporations are Part of the Basic Structure of Society?"

    • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2019#

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2018*

    • North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, Loyola University Chicago, July 2017*

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, University of Copenhagen, July 2017*

    • Association for Social and Political Philosophy Conference, University of Sheffield, June 2017*

    • Susilo Symposium on Ethics in the Global Economy, Boston University Questrom School of Business, June 2017*

  • "Sweatshops, Structural Injustice, and the Wrong of Exploitation: Why Multinational Corporations Have Positive Duties to the Global Poor"

    • Society for Business Ethics Conference, Boston, MA, August 2019*

    • European Academy of Management Conference, Section on Philosophy in Business Ethics, University Institute of Lisbon, June 2019*

    • Workshop on Business Ethics, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019*

    • Berggruen Workshop/EthicsLab Launch, Catholic University of Central Africa (Yaoundé, Cameroon), March 2019#

    • Safra Center for Ethics Fellows Workshop, Harvard University, January 2019

    • Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance Conference, Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Business and Governance, Portsmouth, NH, November 2018*

    • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2018*

    • Association for Social and Political Philosophy Conference, Sapienza University of Rome/LUISS Guido Carli, June 2018*

    • European Workshop in International Studies, Section on Exploitation and the Design of Global Economic Institutions, University of Groningen, June 2018*

  • "Prospects for an Animal-Friendly Business Ethics"

    • Vermont Food Ethics Workshop, University of Vermont, May 2019#

    • Loyola University Chicago, Department of Management, October 2018#

    • Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals Pre-Conference Workshop, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2018*

  • "On the Obligations of Beneficiaries of Structural Injustice"

    • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2019*

  • "The Philosophical Core of Effective Altruism"

    • Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, February 2019#

    • Rhode Island College, Department of Philosophy, September 2018#

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands, June 2018*

    • Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), June 2018*

    • Great Lakes Philosophy Conference, Siena Heights University, April 2018*

  • "Collective Obligations and Demandingness Complaints"

    • Demandingness in Practice Workshop, Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics, University of Münster, June 2018*

    • Individual and Collective Duties to Rescue Workshop, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2018*

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2017*

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, Canada, April 2015*

    • Collectivity Conference, University of Bristol, September 2014*

  • "The Institutional Critique of Effective Altruism"

    • Rockefeller Foundation Junior Scholars Forum on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University, June 2017*

    • Humanitarian Ethics and Action Conference, University of Birmingham, June 2017*

    • Ohio State University, Department of Philosophy, February 2017#

    • International Society for Utilitarian Studies Conference, Lille Catholic University, July 2016*

    • Workshop on Philosophy and Poverty, University of Salzburg, May 2016*

  • "Intuitions, Distinctions, and Permissibility Verdicts"

    • Great Lakes Philosophy Conference, Siena Heights University, March 2017*

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (poster session), University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2016*

    • Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, Cardiff University, July 2016*

    • International Society for Utilitarian Studies Conference, Lille Catholic University, July 2016*

  • "Relational Egalitarianism and the Grounds of Entitlements to Health Care"

    • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Baltimore, MD, January 2017#

  • "Human Rights, Harm, and Climate Change Mitigation"

    • Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, Washington State University, April 2016*

    • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, University of Edinburgh, July 2015*

    • Association for Social and Political Philosophy Conference, University of Amsterdam, June 2015*

  • "Benefiting from Unjust Acts and Benefiting from Injustice: Historical Emissions and the Beneficiary Pays Principle"

    • George Washington University, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy, March 2016#

• "Obligations of Productive Justice: Individual or Institutional?"

  • University of Toronto, Department of Philosophy, March 2016#

  • Ohio University, Department of Philosophy, January 2015#

  • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2014*

  • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2014*

  • University of Nottingham, Department of Philosophy, May 2014#

  • Stanford University Political Theory Workshop, April 2014#

  • Stanford University, Department of Philosophy, February 2014#

• • • University of Kent, Department of Philosophy, June 2013#

  • "The Demandingness of Morality: Toward a Reflective Equilibrium"

    • MANCEPT, University of Manchester, September 2015*

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2015*

    • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, January 2015#

• “Distributive Justice, Relative Disadvantage, and Individual Obligations”

  • University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Department of Philosophy, February 2013#

• • • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seattle, WA, April 2012*

  • "Climate Change and Individual Obligations"

    • University of Melbourne, Philosophy Cafe, September 2012#

•  “Against Rawlsian Institutionalism about Justice”

• • • UC-Berkeley, Department of Philosophy, December 2011

    • San Francisco State University Philosophy Club, October 2011

• “What is the Moderate View of Morality?”

• • • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (poster session), University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2011*

    • Berkeley-London Graduate Philosophy Conference, UC-Berkeley, May 2011*

• “Institutionalism, Distributive Justice, and State Coercion”

• • • Stephen L. Weber Graduate Conference in Ethics, San Diego State University, April 2011*

    • Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference, UC-Davis, April 2011*   

• “The Permissibility of Aborting Persons: Revisiting ‘A Defense of Abortion’” (with Katie Mantoan)

• • • Richard Wollheim Society, Department of Philosophy, UC-Berkeley, October 2010

• “Terrorism and Moral Distinctiveness”

• • • Berkeley-London Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of London, May 2010*

• “The Significance of Innocent Attacker Cases” (with Julia Nefsky and Kirsten Pickering)

• • • Richard Wollheim Society, Department of Philosophy, UC-Berkeley, December 2009

• “Violence and the Moral Distinctiveness of Terrorism”

• • • Moral Psychology Group, UC-Berkeley, September 2009

• “On Achieving Justice: Partiality and the Problem of Transition”

• • • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (poster session), University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2009*

    • Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference, Stanford University, April 2009*

• “Defining ‘Terrorism’”

• • • Richard Wollheim Society, Department of Philosophy, UC-Berkeley, April 2009

• “Inequality, Social Justice, and Individual Motivation”

• • • Richard Wollheim Society, Department of Philosophy, UC-Berkeley, November 2007

• “Institutions, Non-Ideal Theory, and the Demandingness of Morality”

• • • Richard Wollheim Society, Department of Philosophy, UC-Berkeley, April 2007

• "The Demandingness of Morality and the Unity of the Normative Realm”

• • • Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference, UC-Berkeley, April 2007*

Comments

• • Comment on Alyssa Tudor, "Luck Egalitarianism and Self-Conception"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Portland, OR, March 2023*

  • Comment on Eliza Wells, "Role Responsibility for Structural Injustice"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, New Orleans, LA, February 2024*

  • Comment on Ingrid Robeyns, Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

    • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, New York, NY, January 2024

  • Comment on Stanislas Richard, “Exploitation, Positive Duties, and Neglect: What do Multinational Corporations Owe to the Global Poor?”

    • Economics, Ethics, and Politics of Wealth and Capital Income Inequality Workshop, University of Victoria, November 2023 (online)

  • Comment on Thijs Ringelberg, “What is the Credit Economy of Science? A Value-Based Interpretation of the Credit Maximization Approach to the Social Philosophy of Science”

    • Groningen/Wharton PPE Workshop, University of Groningen, September 2023

  • Comment on Sophia Wushanley, "Privacy as Protection from Domination"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, April 2023

  • Comment on Ronni Sadovsky, "Political Etiquette and the Illusion of Transparency"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Denver, CO, February 2022

  • Comment on Hannah Widmaier, "Civic Obligations Among Victims of Injustice"

    • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Montreal, QC, January 2023

  • Comment on Andreas Schmidt, "Do We Have Too Much Choice?"

    • Groningen/Wharton PPE Workshop, University of Groningen, September 2022

  • Comment on Aaron Salomon, "Maxim and Principle Contractualism"

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2022

  • Comment on Per-Erik Milam, "What Kind of Change is Forgiveness?"

    • Vancouver Summer Philosophy Conference, University of British Columbia, July 2022

  • Comment on Serena Olsaretti, "Productive Fairness and Reproductive Work"

    • Future of Work Workshop, University of Rotterdam, June 2022

  • Comment on Micah Trautmann, "The Harm of Containment"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, BC, April 2022

  • Comment on Jacob Barrett, "Ideology Critique and Game Theory"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, IL, February 2022

  • Comment on Nicole Hassoun, Global Health Impact: Extending Access to Essential Medicines (author-meets-critics session)

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Portland, OR, April 2021 (online)

  • Comment on Rachel Achs, "In Defense of Guilt-Tripping"

    • Stanford Center for Ethics in Society Junior Scholars Workshop, March 2021 (online)

  • Comment on David O'Brien, "Inequality: Do not Disperse"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, New Orleans, LA, February 2021 (online)

  • Comment on Christopher Schimke, "On a Supposed Duty Not to Create Deficient Lives (That are Worth Living)"

    • NYU Bioethics Workshop, November 2020 (online)

  • Comment on Steven Norris, "Political Campaign Promises and their Obligations"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, April 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)

  • Comment on Christian Barry and Garrett Cullity, "Offsetting and Risk Imposition"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, IL, February 2020

  • Comment on Theron Pummer, "Rescue, Cost, and Numbers"

    • DeCamp Bioethics Seminar, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, October 2019

  • Comment on Caleb Perl, "Debunking Arguments in Normative Ethics: A Defense"

    • Vancouver Summer Philosophy Conference, University of British Columbia, August 2019

  • Comment on Mathias Risse, On Justice: Philosophy, History, Foundations, chs. 12-14

    • Manuscript Workshop. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, May 2019

  • Comment on Katherine Tullmann, "What's Wrong with Seeing Race?"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, Canada, April 2019

  • Comment on Jenna Donohue, "What Makes Manipulation Distinctively Wrong?"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Denver, CO, February 2019

  • Comment on John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky, Recognizing Wrongs, chs. 6-8

    • Manuscript Workshop, Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, December 2018

  • Comment on Kendy Hess, "Friedman was Right: Corporate Moral Responsibility v. Corporate Social Responsibility"

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2018

  • Comment on Guy Schultz, "A Theory of Justice and Philanthropy: A Rawlsian Exercise"; Theodore Lechterman, "Of Sovereignty and Saints: When is the Private Provision of Public Goods Illegitimate?"; and Gordon Arlen, "Sinister Intent Revisited: Bentham, J.S. Mill, and the Utilitarian Critique of Oligarchy"

    • International Society for Third-Sector Research Conference, Vrije University Amsterdam, July 2018

  • Comment on Michael Sampson, "State Power Trajectory and Exploitation Through the Strategic Expansion of Incomplete Trade Contracts"

    • European Workshop in International Studies, Section on Exploitation and the Design of Global Economic Institutions, University of Groningen, June 2018

  • Comment on Robert Gruber, "Evaluating the Uncooperativeness Solution to the Mismatch Problem"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, IL, February 2018

  • Comment on Jonathan Kwan, "A People's Legitimacy and the Qualified Right to Exclude"

    • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Savannah, GA, January 2018

  • Comment on Samuel Reis-Dennis, "Anger: Scary Good"

    • Vancouver Summer Philosophy Conference, University of British Columbia, August 2017

  • Comment on Govind Persad, "Polarization, Distributive Justice, and the Future of the Middle Class"

    • American Philosophical Association, Central Division,, Kansas City, MO, March 2017

  • Comment on Shane Melnitzer, "Rethinking Skepticism about Moral Overridingness"

    • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Baltimore, MD, January 2017

  • Comment on Lucas Stanczyk, "The Shared Burdens of Social Cooperation"

    • American Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2016

  • Comment on Patrick Taylor Smith, "Who May Geoengineer? Vulnerable Nations, Revolution, and SRM Deployment"

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2016

  • Comment on Kerah Gordon-Solmon, "Self-Defense Against Multiple Threats"

    • Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics Conference, Northwestern University, May 2015

  • Comment on Sophia Moreau, "In Defense of a Liberty-Based Account of Discrimination"

    • Stanford Political Theory Workshop, April 2014

  • Comment on Cami Koepke, "Libertarian Paternalism and the Authority of the Autonomous Person"

    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Diego, CA, April 2014

  • Comment on Richard Chappell, "Satisficing by Effort: From Scalar to Satisficing Consequentialism"

    • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2013

• Comment on Susanne Burri, “The Fair Distribution of Bad Luck”

  • Berkeley-London Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of London, May 2012

• Comment on S. Matthew Liao, “The Prospect of a Causal Structure Theory of Nonconsequentialism”

  • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2011

• Comment on Aaron Elliott, “Incentives and a Rawlsian Ethos of Justice”

  • Stephen L. Weber Graduate Conference in Ethics, San Diego State University, April 2011

• Comment on Luke Gelinas, “Consequentialist Virtue”

  • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Diego, CA, April 2011

• Comment on Jussi Suikkanen, “Act-Consequentialism and Options”

  • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 2009

• Comment on Michael Campbell, “Moral Psychology Beyond the Space of Reasons”

  • Berkeley-London Graduate Philosophy Conference, UC-Berkeley, May 2009

• Comment on Han van Wietmarschen, “Redistribution, the Corporation, and Poverty in Hegel’s Philosophy of Right”

  • Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference, UC-Davis, April 2008        

• Comment on Richard Parkhill, “Assurance In Scanlon’s Theory of Promises”

  • Berkeley-London Graduate Philosophy Conference, UC-Berkeley, May 2007

• Comment on Brooke Roberts, “A Critique of Wolf’s Criterion for Meaningfulness in a Life”

  • Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference, Stanford University, April 2006

Teaching and Advising

   University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School

• • International Business Ethics (Spring 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024)

  • Ethics and Responsibility (Spring 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024, Fall 2016 and 2017)

  • Ethics in Business and Economics [Ph.D Course] (Fall 2020)

  • Environmental Ethics and Business (Spring 2017)

       Independent Studies

• • Ethics and Behavioral Science (Spring 2022, Margarita Lyodova, graduate)

  • Economic Ethics (Spring 2022, Isabel Zhang, undergraduate)

  • Consequentialism (Fall 2021, Michaela Lobo, doctoral)

  • Global Ethics (Fall 2021, Seo Hwang, undergraduate)

  • Climate Policy in Kenya (Fall 2020, Frida Aloo, undergraduate)

  • Sweatshops and Exploitation (Summer 2020, Claire Yu, undergraduate)

  • Consent, Ethics, and Law (Summer 2019, Shaun Lim, undergraduate)

  • Ethics and Bankruptcy (Summer 2018, Ri Sim, undergraduate)

  • Fault, Blame, and Corrective Justice (Fall 2016, Matthew Caulfield, doctoral)

• Ethics and Finance (Summer 2016, Alejandro Escallon, undergraduate)

   Dissertation Committees, University of Pennsylvania

• • Chetan Cetty, Department of Philosophy, "Ideals from a Distance: Assessing Objections to Idealization Within Moral and Political Theory," 2020 (committee member)

• Eilidh Beaton, Department of Philosophy, "The Right to Refuge, and What Happens Next," 2018-20 (committee member)

• Carson Young, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, "Three Essays on Strategy and Social Responsibility," 2017-19 (primary supervisor)

   Prelim Committee, University of Pennsylvania

• Ezekiel Vergara, Department of Philosophy, 2024 (committee member)

• Eilidh Beaton, Department of Philosophy, 2017-18 (committee member)

   Thesis Advising, Wharton School, Joseph Wharton Scholars Program

• • Cole Lewis, TBA, 2023-24

  • Ayana Shirai, "Reason Responsivness as an Alternative Account of Rationality in Economics," 2022-23

  • Nikolaos Tapanlis, "Malawi’s Biometric Identification Databases: Privacy Concerns in the Digital Domain," 2020-21 

  • Jackfille Pierre, "Polluted Profit: Understanding the Managerial and Ethical Considerations of Sustainability in the Fashion Industry," 2020-21

   Thesis Advising, University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program

• • Kaitlyn Rentala, "Analyzing the Influence of Big Tech through the Rawlsian Basic Structure" (2022)

  • Soomin Shin, "Challenges to Institutionalism in Assigning Individual Duties toward Climate Justice" (2019)

  • David Britto, "Should a Rich Person Pay the Same Fine for a Parking Ticket as a Poor Person? Proportional Fines, Equal Impact, and Equality Before the Law" (2016)

   Advising, Wharton School, World Research Assistantship Program (WRAP)

• • Viha Kedia (Summer 2024, University of Oxford)

  • Lavanya Neti (Summer 2022, INSEAD)

  • Rangasri Narayanamoorthy (Summer 2021, University of Otago)

  • Xingyu Chen (Summer 2019, Technical University of Munich)

  • Ayibaitariworio Clement (Summer 2018, Lagos Business School)

  • Maria Menezes (Summer 2018, University College London)

   Advising, Wharton School, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

• Fatima Figueroa (Summer 2022)

• Amleset Girmay (Summer 2018)

• Johann Portmann (Summer 2018)

   Advising, University of Pennsylvania, Mitchell Center Undergraduate Research Fellowship

• • Kaitlyn Rentala (2021-22)

   Stanford University, Ethics in Society Program

• • Thesis Seminar (Spring 2015)

   Stanford University, Department of Philosophy

• Contemporary Moral Problems (Fall 2014)

   As Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, Department of Philosophy

• • Existentialism (Spring 2014, R. Lanier Anderson)

• Ethical Theory (Winter 2014, Jorah Dannenberg)

• Justice (Fall 2013, Joshua Cohen)

   Thesis Advising, Stanford University, Center for Ethics in Society Honors Program

• • Salil Dudani, "Who Cares About Distant Suffering? Affluence, Donation, and the Argument from Care," 2014-15

  • Ashley Nakai, "Syndicourt is in Session: Potential Effects of Syndicated Court Shows on American Audiences," 2014

   Guest Lecturing, Stanford University

• • Lecture on John Rawls's Political Philosophy in The Ethics of Religious Politics, Winter 2015

  • Lecture on Environmental Ethics in Introduction to Earth Systems, Fall 2014

   UC-Berkeley, Department of Philosophy

• Individual Morality and Social Justice (Summer 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 [2X])

• Ancient Philosophy (Summer 2013)

   As Graduate Student Instructor (Teaching Assistant), UC-Berkeley, Department of Philosophy

        *=lower-division course (all others upper-division)

• • Philosophical Methods (Spring 2013, Barry Stroud)

  • History of Political Philosophy (Spring 2012, Niko Kolodny)

  • Ethical Theories (Fall 2011, R. Jay Wallace)

  • Special Topics in Political Philosophy (Fall 2010, Véronique Munoz-Dardé)

  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion* (Spring 2010, Lara Buchak)

  • Contemporary Ethical Issues (Spring 2009, Joshua Glasgow)

  • Philosophy of Society (Fall 2008, John Searle)

  • Contemporary Ethical Issues (Spring 2008, Niko Kolodny)

  • Moral Psychology (Fall 2007, R. Jay Wallace)

  • Philosophy of Society (Spring 2007, John Searle)

  • Individual Morality and Social Justice* (Fall 2006, Niko Kolodny)

   As Graduate Student Instructor (Teaching Assistant), UC-Berkeley, Haas School of Business

• The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business (Summer 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, Alan Ross)      

   Patten University at San Quentin State Prison

• Ethics (with Katie Mantoan, Derin McLeod, and Kirsten Pickering, Summer 2011)

   Workshop Participation

• • American Association of Philosophy Teachers Workshop on Teaching and Learning, San Francisco State University, March 2015

Awards and Fellowships

• • Visiting Fellowship for Work on “Markets, Social Entrepreneurship, and Effective Altruism,” Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics (2022-23)

  • Berggruen Fellowship, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University (2018-19)

  • Wolpow Family Endowed Faculty Scholar Award, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2018-19)

  • Wharton Teaching Excellence Award (2017-18)

  • Penn Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum Program (Summer 2016)

• UC-Berkeley Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant (Summer 2011)

• UC-Berkeley Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship (Spring 2011 and Fall 2009)

• UC-Berkeley Department of Philosophy Donald Davidson Traveling Grant (Spring 2010)

• UC-Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (2008-09)

• UC-Berkeley Philosophy Department Stipend (Summer 2006)

• UC-Berkeley Ralph W. Church Fellowship (2005-06)

• Phi Beta Kappa at New York University (2004)

• New York University Founders Day Award (2004)

• New York University Trustee Scholarship (2001-04)

• National Merit Scholarship at New York University (2001-04)

Professional Service

   Editorial/Refereeing

      Editorial

• Associate Editor, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2024-Present)

• Editorial Review Board Member, Business Ethics Quarterly (2023-Present)

• Area Editor for Ergo (Political Philosophy, 2022-Present)

• Area Editor for Philosophy as a Way of Life Commons (Philosophy of Equity, 2022-Present)

      Refereeing

         Journals

• • Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (2024, 2021, 2018 & 2015)

  • Journal of Philosophy (2024)

  • Economics & Philosophy (2024 & 2021)

  • Mind (2023)

  • Business Ethics Quarterly (2023, 2022, 2021 [x4], 2020 [x3], 2019 & 2017)

  • Synthese (2023)

  • Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (2023, 2022 [x3], 2018, 2017, & 2016)

  • Journal of Global Ethics (2023)

  • Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (2023)

  • Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2023)

  • Philosophical Quarterly (2023 & 2020)

  • Business and Human Rights Journal (2023 & 2022)

  • Res Publica (2023 & 2018)

  • Southern Journal of Philosophy (2023 & 2022)

  • International Journal of Human Rights (2023)

  • Journal of Moral Philosophy (2023 [x2], 2021, 2020 & 2014)

  • Public Affairs Quarterly (2023, 2022 [x2], 2020 & 2017)

  • Philosophia (2023)

  • Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (2023)

  • Journal of Applied Philosophy (2023, 2019, 2018, & 2014)

  • Science and Engineering Ethics (2023)

  • Journal of Ethics (2023 & 2020)

  • Analysis (2023 & 2017)

  • Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal (2023)

  • Journal of Social Philosophy (2022 [x2] & 2018)

  • Contemporary Political Theory (2022)

  • Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2022 & 2018)

  • European Journal of Political Theory (2022)

  • Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (2022)

  • Ethics, Policy, & Environment (2022, 2020, 2018 & 2017)

  • Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2022 & 2019)

  • Philosophical Studies (2022, 2021 [x2], 2018 & 2017)

  • Journal of Political Philosophy (2022 & 2019)

  • Journal of Business Ethics (2022, 2021 [x3], 2020)

  • Utilitas (2021, 2020, & 2018)

  • Ethics (2021 [x2])

  • Ergo (2021)

  • Erkenntnis (2021 & 2020)

  • Moral Philosophy and Politics (2021 & 2019)

  • Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (2021)

  • European Journal of Philosophy (2021)

  • WIREs Climate Change (2021)

  • Philosophers' Imprint (2021)

  • Law and Philosophy (2020)

  • Journal of Value Inquiry (2020)

  • Social Theory and Practice (2020, 2017, 2014, & 2012)

  • Philosophical Explorations (2018)

  • American Political Science Review (2018)

  • Noûs (2018)

  • Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (2017)

  • Philosophical Psychology (2017)

  • Social Philosophy Today (2017)

        Presses

• • Routledge (2021, 2018 [2X] and 2017)

  • Broadview (2017)

  • SAGE (2017)

        Edited Volumes

• • Collective Responsibility: Perspectives from Political Philosophy and Social Ontology (2022)

  • Encyclopedia of Political Thought (2013)

        Grants/Fellowships

• • John Templeton Foundation (2024)

  • Dutch Research Council, Talent Program Grant (2023)

  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Postdoctoral Researchers' International Mobility Experience (PRIME) Fellowship (2020)

        Conferences

• • Society for Business Ethics Conference (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018)

  • European Academy of Management (2023, 2022 and 2020)

  • British Academy of Management (2022)

  • Vancouver Summer Philosophy Conference (2022, 2019, 2018 and 2017)

  • British Society for Ethical Theory Conference (2019 and 2017)

• Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference (2006-11)

        Other

• New Crop Undergraduate Philosophy Prize (UC-Berkeley Department of Philosophy, Spring 2011)

   Conference/Workshop Organizing

• • Normative Business Ethics Workshop, Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research (University of Pennsylvania, 2016-24)

  • Philadelphia Normative Philosophy Conference (University of Pennsylvania, 2023-24)

  • MANCEPT  Panel on "The Future of Relationships" (University of Manchester, September 2024)

  • Wharton-Groningen PPE Workshop (University of Groningen, 2022-24)

  • Panel on "The Ethics and Politics of Algorithms" at Braga Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy (June 2024)

  • 5th Anniversary Conference at EthicsLab (Catholic University of Central Africa, June 2024)

  • Vrije University Normative Philosophy Workshop (Vrije University Amsterdam, 2022-24)

  • 10th Anniversary Symposium on Joseph Heath's Morality, Competition, and the Firm (St. Joseph's University, April 2024)

  • Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop (2023-24)

  • MANCEPT Panel on "Employment, Justice, and the Future of Work" (University of Manchester, September 2023)

  • Columbia River Ethics Workshop (Astoria, OR, 2023)

  • Society for Business Ethics Group Session at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division (2023)

  • Penn Normative Philosophy Group (2021-22)

  • Assistant/Associate Professor Work-in-Progress Workshop,  Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics (2021-22)

  • Business Ethics in a Digital Age: Technology and Other New Frontiers for Corporate Responsibility, Markets, and Society (Harvard Business School, April 2019)

  • The Social Philosophy and Business Ethics of the American Wedding (University of Pennsylvania, November 2017)

  • Giving for Global Poverty Relief: Ethical and Empirical Dimensions (Stanford University, April 2015)

  • Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Conference in Philosophy (2007-10)

   Chairing

• • Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2009)

  • Society for Applied Philosophy Conference (2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)

  • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (2023, 2019, 2017, 2013, 2010, 2007)

  • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division (2023, 2022, 2021)

  • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society (2022)

  • British Academy of Management (2022)

  • North American Society for Social Philosophy (2022, 2019 and 2016)

  • Society for Philosophy and Technology (2021)

  • Great Lakes Philosophy Conference (2018 and 2017)

  • Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association (2016)

  • International Society for Utilitarian Studies (2016)

   Minerva Schools

• • Syllabus Reviewer, Course on Creating Ethical Political and Social Systems (2017)

  • Syllabus Development Consulting, Course on Morality and Justice (2015-16)

   Other

• AI Ethics Advisory Board, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University (2022 – Present)

• External Dissertation Examiner, David Liknaitzky, Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne (2022)

School and Departmental Service

   University of Pennsylvania

• Critical Writing Program Review Committee (2023-24)

   Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

• • Doctoral Executive Committee (2023-24)

  • Curriculum Innovation and Review Committee (2017-18)

   University of Pennsylvania, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics

• • Doctoral Program Coordinator (2023-24)

  • Chair of Department Chair Selection Committee (2024)

  • Ph.D Program Advisory Committee (2016-20)

  • Postdoctoral Search Committee (2016-18)

  • Seminar Organizing Committee (2016-18, 2020-21)

  University of California-Berkeley, Department of Philosophy

• • Assistant for Incoming Philosophy Major Orientations (2007-13)

• Colloquium Organizing Committee (2006-07)

Professional Memberships

• American Philosophical Association

• Society for Applied Philosophy

• Society for Business Ethics

• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society

• Association for Social and Political Philosophy

• Aristotelian Society

• North American Society for Social Philosophy

• European Academy of Management 

• British Academy of Management