I am a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Calgary (ABD). I am an ethicist interested in many areas of moral philosophy including but not limited to punishment, enhancement, the moral emotions, moral obligation, and moral responsibility just to name a few. I also have an ongoing research program within the free will debate where I focus on the moral ramifications of hard incompatibilism. Roughly, I argue that we would lose quite a bit if it turned out that we do not have free will.

Currently, I am working on my dissertation (under the supervision of Prof. Walter Glannon) where I focus on issues surrounding human enhancement. The central question guiding my research is this: when is it morally permissible to enhance one's abilities to accomplish a goal? To answer this question I utilize a framework centered on achievements and closely analyze the concept of cheating to help make sense of the moral abhorrence many have with the use of enhancement technologies. I plan to defend this project in October of 2016.

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