assistant professor of philosophy and political science @VanderbiltU
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined September 2022
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SOME PROFESSIONAL NEWS: My paper "Stasis Undermines Equality: Or, What's Wrong with Urban Growth Controls" has been published in Philosophical Perspectives. 1/n
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I just finished this superb book by Jacob Barrett @JacobAriBarrett. Charles Mills and Amartya Sen have persuasively argued that the Ideal/Non-Ideal distinction is critical to thinking about normative dimensions of inequality and in conceptualizing policy remedies. This book succeeds in synthesizing conceptual issues in 66 pages and does so with exceptional clarity and accessibility.
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Today, we're launching the 'Essays on Longtermism' competition, over on the EA Forum. Prizes up to $1000, judged by our expert panel: @willmacaskill, @DavidThorstad, Hilary Greaves, @evavivalt, and @JacobAriBarrett.
More details in 🧵 :
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Today's the day! Essays on longtermism is now out (open access) with Oxford University Press. academic.oup.com/book/60794
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The Global Priorities Institute has now shut its doors.
For an overview of what it achieved, see:
globalprioritiesinstitute.or…
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WINNER ANNOUNCED: The 2025 Fifth Annual Gaus Memorial Prize goes to Ismail Kurun (Vanderbilt) for his paper, “The Epistemology of Public Reason: Open-Mindedness, Human Psychology, and Liberal Institutions.” ppesociety.org/2025/07/25/20…
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Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw
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You can now read @JacobAriBarrett's working paper, In Defence of Moderation, here: globalprioritiesinstitute.or…
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Friendly note that there are many good subs for eggs in baking! Depending on the role of the eggs (binding, leavening, structure) there are great replacements including mashed banana, applesauce, commercial egg replacer, and flax “egg”. Vegan recipes to the rescue!
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I'm delighted to announce that the PPE group at UB have been awarded a $2.5 million grant over 3 years for our project "Diversity, Dynamism and Inclusion: A New Multi-Method Approach for Studying Liberalism"
buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…
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Happy to announce that our PPE program was awarded $2.5 million to study dynamism and diversity. So excited to be a part of this team.
buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…
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Tweaking my syllabus and seeking readings on adoption! I already assign an amazing paper by Tina Rulli but would love to assign more and am especially interested in arguments against adoption.
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Today's the day! Inquiry under bounds is out (open access) from OUP: academic.oup.com/book/57345
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My first ever publication, titled *Why intergenerational sufficientarianism is not enough* is now out in Politics, Philosophy & Economics. It’s open access!
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Extremely chuffed to see that Tristram McPherson and Brad Cokelet chose to discuss my paper with @JacobAriBarrett in @OpenAccessJESP on their most recent podcast episode! I can’t wait to listen! 🤩🥳
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My paper "Mistakes in the moral mathematics of existential risk" is now forthcoming in Ethics. Resources below. (globalprioritiesinstitute.or…)
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We're delighted to announce the launch of a new journal, Political Philosophy, with the same editorial team & editorial board as the old JPP. Send us your new papers & support the fight against private ownership of the means of (intellectual) production😉! openlibhums.org/news/668/
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My brilliant student Sebastian Wu made Magic: The Gathering cards (@wizards_magic) from philosophers and concepts in my intro ethics course @BU_Tweets
All his cards, with explanations, can be found here:
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It's finally happening. My book has a webpage! And a release date! You can pre-order it! You probably shouldn't, given the price, but if you have a library (or rich uncle), tell them to buy it for you: tinyurl.com/Bagg-OUP-UK in UK (Jan 4) or tinyurl.com/Bagg-OUP-US in US (Mar 4)
