Position Title
PhD Candidate
Position Title
PhD Candidate
1 Shields Avenue,
Davis CA 95616
Education and Degree(s)
- MA, University College London
- BA, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Honors and Awards
- Merk Family Distinguished Dissertation Prospectus Award
- Bret Hewitt Qualifying Exam Award
Research Interests & Expertise
- Research interests: Contemporary Analytic Political Philosophy; Utilitarianism; Liberal Democracy; The Philosophy of Paternalism; Social Contract Theory.
- My dissertation investigates the scope of state intervention within the political philosophies of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, & Henry Sidgwick (the "British Utilitarians").