Education
MLA, St. John's College Annapolis, 2014
B.A., Philosophy and English, Tulane University, 2012
Biography
Academic Interests
- History of Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
- Plato
- Locke
- Kant
- Hobbes
Publications
- “Between Two Masters: Hobbes’s Views on International Relations.” In Hobbesian Applied Ethics and Public Policy , edited by Shane Courtland, Routledge 2017.
Presentations
- "Glory and Self Interest in Hobbes's Auxiliary Law of Nature." American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, 2020.
- “Locke’s Appeal to Heaven.” American Philosophical Association Central Division, 2018.
- “Religion in the State of Nature: Hobbes’s Image of Trust as the Basis of Political Life.” Association of Core Texts and Courses 23rd Annual Conference , Dallas, TX, April 2017.
- "Kant on Freedom and Tradition," 2016 Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference on Tradition and Renewal.
- "A Kantian Argument for Liberal Education" 2014 St. John's College 50th Anniversary Conference on Liberal Education.