My primary research interests are in moral philosophy, history of modern philosophy, and philosophy of religion. I also have strong interests in epistemology, philosophy of language, and political philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve written two books in metaethics that offer arguments for a full-blooded version of moral realism. They are Speech and Morality<\/em> (Oxford 2016) and The Normative Web<\/em> (Oxford 2007). My book Ritualized Faith<\/em> (Oxford 2016) is a collection of my essays on ritualized religious activity, especially within the Eastern Christian tradition. In my view, it\u2019s a topic that is both fascinating and under-explored by philosophers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More recently, I\u2019ve published three books. The first is a short book on Thomas Reid\u2019s ethical theory entitled Thomas Reid on the Ethical Life <\/em>(Cambridge, 2020). The other two books, Philosophical Methodology <\/em>(Oxford, 2022) and The Moral Universe <\/em>(Oxford, 2024), are the fruit of a long collaboration with John Bengson (University of Texas, Austin) and Russ Shafer-Landau (University of Wisconsin, Madison). The three of us are presently working on a third book, Grasping Morality<\/em> (Oxford, forthcoming), which is primarily dedicated to issues in moral epistemology. Together with The Moral Universe<\/em>, this book represents our attempt to develop a non-naturalist, realist metaethical theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve also edited a variety of books, including three volumes of my teacher Nick Wolterstorff\u2019s papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n