Teaching
Fall 2022, PHIL 341: Ethical Theory
A survey of the central traditions of Western moral philosophy. A theme of the course is the plausibility and prospect of standard theories in light of critiques which dispute the value and appeal of morality.
Winter 2022, PHIL 328E: Existentialism
A historical survey of existentialism from Kierkegaard to Fanon aimed at upper-level undergraduates.
Spring 2021, PHIL 438I: Love, Sex, and Ethical Life
An upper-level undergraduate course on the ethics of love and sex. A theme of this course is the philosophical significance of recent literary fiction concerning love and sex.
Summer 2020, PHIL 140: Contemporary Moral Issues
An introductory course to widely debated moral issues such as charity, abortion, sexual ethics, eating animals, and responsibility to future generations.
Spring 2020, PHIL 328E: Existentialism
A historical survey of existentialism from Kierkegaard to Fanon aimed at upper-level undergraduates.
(Revised syllabus to reflect the transition from in-person to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic).Â
Courses I'm prepared to teach include:
Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy of the Emotions
Aesthetics
Philosophy of Religion
Ancient Philosophy
Nineteenth-Century Continental Philosophy