My philosophical work focuses on issues in political philosophy, moral philosophy, PPE, and AI and data ethics. Currently, I have two main research projects. The first focuses on global justice and the justifiability of economic foreign-policy techniques. The second focuses on the geopolitics of AI. This philosophical work is informed by research in economics.
Articles
Kyle Brown, Kok-Chor Tan, and Ezekiel Vergara, "Star Wars: Is the Just War Tradition Ready for Space?," Journal of Military Ethics (forthcoming).
Ezekiel Vergara, "Sovereign Credit Ratings, Algorithms, and Transparency," Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (2026): 1-20.
Ezekiel Vergara, “But Do I Survive? Racialized Experience, Persistence, and Relation-R,” Synthese 207, no. 183 (2026): 1-17.
Ezekiel Vergara, “Marx and Reparations,” Public Affairs Quarterly (2026): 1-25.
Ezekiel Vergara, "Economic Sanctions and Climate Change," Journal of Global Ethics (2026): 1-23.
Ezekiel Vergara, “Twenty-Five Years On: To Move Forward, We Should Return to Rawls’ The Law of Peoples,” Journal of Global Ethics 20, no. 1 (2024): 91-98.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Ezekiel Vergara and Kok-Chor Tan, "Luck Egalitarianism," The Routledge Handbook of Equality, edited by Jeppe von Platz (in progress).
Book Reviews
Ezekiel Vergara, “Review of Gillian Brock’s Corruption and Global Justice,” Journal of Moral Philosophy (forthcoming).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Review of Michael Otsuka’s How to Pool Risk across Generations: The Case for Collective Pensions,” Journal of Applied Philosophy 41, no. 4 (2024): 748-750.
WRITTEN AS A RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR THE YALE PROGRAM ON FINANCIAL STABILITY, PUBLISHED IN THE Journal of Financial Crises
Articles
Ezekiel Vergara and Corey N. Runkel, “Thailand: Reserve Requirements, AFC” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Australia: Financial Claims Scheme” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “France: Deposit Guarantee Fund” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Hong Kong SAR: Full Deposit Guarantee” (2022).
Zijin (Phoebe) Lei and Ezekiel Vergara, “Hungary: National Deposit Insurance Fund” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Latvia: Deposit Guarantee Fund” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Association for the Guarantee of Deposits Luxembourg” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Malaysia: Government Deposit Guarantee” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “New Zealand: Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Romania: Bank Deposit Guarantee Fund” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Russia: Deposit Insurance Agency (2008–2009)” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Singapore: Government Guarantee on Deposits” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Slovenia: Unlimited Deposit Guarantee” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Spain: Deposit Guarantee Funds” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Swiss Banks’ and Securities Dealers’ Depositor Protection Association” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “United Kingdom: Financial Services Compensation Scheme” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “United States: Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “United States: Transaction Account Guarantee Program” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Canada: Mortgage Bond Purchase Program” (2022).
Ezekiel Vergara, “Should States Be Allowed to Sell Their Citizenship?” (2025). Blog of the American Philosophical Association.
A paper on global egalitarianism
A paper on economic sanctions
A paper on trade-related positive incentives
A paper on currency manipulation
A paper on price gouging between states
A paper on economic development and standpoint epistemology
A paper on economic sanctions and AI (see a short lecture on this paper here)
A paper on intergenerational distributive justice
A paper libertarianism and the world state
A paper on whether citizenship should be for sale
(drafts available upon request)