Ph.D (2005) Columbia University (Department of Philosophy).
Areas of Specialisation
Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Applied Ethics
Recent Employment
2023- Director of RSSS, ANU
2016- Professor of Philosophy, RSSS, ANU
2015-2017, 2019-2020 Head, School of Philosophy, RSSS, ANU
2012-2015 Director of the Centre for Moral, Social, and Political Theory & Associate Professor of Philosophy, RSSS, ANU
2012-2014 Deputy Director, Research School of the Social Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, RSSS, ANU
2008-2011 Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), School of Philosophy, ANU
2007-2008 Research Fellow, CAPPE, and Lecturer, School of Philosophy, ANU
2006-2007 Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
2003-2005 . Senior Program Officer (Justice & the World Economy), Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Research Grants
2023-2026 Australian Research Council (Discovery Project): The Ethics of Net Zero (w/G. Cullity, L.Ellis, C. McKinnon, and S. Gardner)
2018-2020 Australian Research Council (Discovery Project):Ethics, Responsibility and the Carbon Budget (w/ J.Broome, G.Cullity, and J. Moss)
2014-2017 Australian Research Council (Discovery Project): The Ethical Responsibilities of Consumers (w/K. Macdonald and R. Goodin)
2013-2016 Norwegian Research Council: Innocently Benefitting from Injustice (w/G. Øverland and R. Huseby)
2011-2014 Australian Research Council (Discovery Project): Benefitting from Injustice (w/R. Goodin, G. Øverland and L. Ypi)
2011-2014 Norwegian Research Council: Who owns it? (with G. Øverland)
2010-2015 Norwegian Research Council: Responding to Global Poverty: What the Affluent Ought to do and what the Poor are Permitted to do” (with G. Øverland)
2009-2011 Australian Research Council (Discovery Project): The Responsibilities of the Affluent to Address Global Poverty (with/G. Øverland and T. Pogge)
2005-2007 Ford Foundation: The Ethics of Debt (w/B. Herman and M. Cohen)
Fellowships and Awards
2019- Fellow of the Academy of the Humanities of Australia
2014-2017 Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award, Australian Research Council
2011-2014 Global Ethics Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
2009-2010 Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship
Education
2005 Ph.D, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University
Books
2016 (w/G. Øverland), The Responsibilities of the Affluent: Harm, Agency, and Responsibility (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016)
2008 (w/S. Reddy), International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008)
(w/K. Macdonald), Ethics for Consumers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Under Contract)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2024 (w/Seth Lazar) Supererogation and Optimisation Australasian Journal of Philosophy
2023 (w/Garrett Cullity) Another Shake of the Bag: Stefansson and Willners on Offsetting and Risk Imposition (2023) Ethics, Policy, and the Environment
2023 (w/Garrett Cullity) Do We Impose Undue Risk When We Emit and Offset? A Reply to Stefansson (2023) Ethics, Policy, and the Environment
2022 (w/Garrett Cullity) Offsetting and Risk-Imposition Ethics
2022 (w/Emily McTernan) A Puzzle of Enforceability: Why do Moral Duties Differ in their Enforceabiity? Journal of Moral Philosophy
2021 (w/Robert Goodin) Structural Injustice: A Third Thought Politics, Philosophy and Economics
2021 Reconsidering a Human Right to Democracy Ethics & Global Politics
2020 (w/Seth Lazar) Justifying Lockdown. Ethics & International Affairs
2020 (w/S.Matthew Liao) A Critique of Some Recent Victim-Centered Theories of Nonconsequentialism Law & Philosophy
2019 (w/Kate Macdonald) Ethical Consumerism: A Defense of Market Vigilantism Philosophy & Public Affairs
2019 Harm, Responsibility, and Enforceability) Ethics & Global Politics
2018 Material Contribution, Responsibility, and Liability Journal of Moral Philosophy
2018 (w/L.Ferracioli) On the Rights of Temporary Migrants Journal of Legal Studies
2017 w/G. Øverland), Who owns it? Three arguments for land claims in Latin America ) Revista de Ciencia Política
2017 (w/R.J.Leland), Do Parental Licensing Schemes Violate the Rights of Biological Parents? Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
2017 (w/M. Lindauer), Moral Judgment and the Duties of Innocent Beneficiaries of Injustice Review of Philosophy and Psychology,
2016 (w/P. Tomlin), Moral uncertainty and permissibility: Evaluating Option Sets Canadian Journal of Philosophy
2016 (w/R. Kirby), Skepticism about Beneficiary Pays: A Critique Journal of Applied Philosophy
2016 (w/D. Wiens), Benefiting from Injustice and Sustaining Wrongful Journal of Moral Philosophy
2015 (w/L. Ferracioli), Can Withdrawing Citizenship be Justified? Political Studies
2014 The Regulation of Harm in International Trade Canadian Journal of Philosophy
2014 (w/R. Goodin), Benefiting from the Wrong-doing of Others Journal of Applied Philosophy
2014 (w/M. Lindauer and G. Øverland), Doing, Allowing, and Enabling Harm: An Empirical Investigation Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy
2014 (w/G. Øverland), The Implications of Failing to Assist Social Theory and Practice
2013 (w/L. Ferracioli), Review Essay: Young on Liability and Responsibility Criminal Justice Ethics
2012 (w/G. Øverland), Are Trade Tariffs and Subsidies Killing the Global Poor? Social Research
2012 (w/G. Øverland), The Feasible Alternatives Thesis: Kicking Away the Livelihoods of the Global Poor Politics, Philosophy and Economics
2012 (w/G. Øverland), How Much for the Child? Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
2012 Local Priorities, Universal Priorities, and Enabling Harm Ethics and International Affairs
2012 (w/J. Pickering), On the Concept of Climate Debt: its Moral and Political Value Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
2011 Review Essay: A Challenge to the Reigning Theory of the Just War International Affairs
2011 Immigration and Global Justice Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric
2011 Sovereign Debt, Human Rights, and Policy Conditionality Journal of Political Philosophy
2011 (w/G. Øverland), Do Democratic Societies Have a Right to Do Wrong? Journal of Social Philosophy
2011 (w/N. Southwood) What is Special About Human Rights? Ethics & International Affairs
2010 (w/G. Øverland), Why Remittances to Poor Countries Should not be Taxed NYU Journal of International Law and Politics
2009 (w/L. Ypi and R. Goodin), Associative Duties, Global Justice, and the Colonies Philosophy & Public Affairs
2009 (w/G. Øverland), Review Essay: Responding to Global Poverty Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
2009 (w/L. Valentini, Egalitarian Challenges to Global Egalitarianism: A Critique Review of International Studies
2009 (w/P. Gilabert), Review Essay: Does Global Egalitarianism Provide an Impractical and Unattractive Ideal of Justice? International Affairs
2006 (w/L. Tomitova), Fairness in Sovereign Debt Social Research
2006 Is Global Institutional Reform a False Promise? Cornell International Law Journal
2006 (w/S. Reddy) International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage Cornell International Law Journal
2005 Applying the Contribution Principle Metaphilosophy
2002 (w/K. Raworth), Access to Medicines and the Rhetoric of Responsibility Ethics & International Affairs
2002 The Ethical Assessment of New Technologies (2002) Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
Refereed Book Chapters
Forthcoming w/Kerah Gordon-Solman, The Doing and Allowing Distinction In David Copp, Connie Rosati and Tina Ruli eds. The Oxford Handbook to Normative Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
2020 (w/Holly Lawford-Smith), On Satisfying Duties to Assist In Hilary Greaves and Theron Pummer eds. Effective Altruism: Philosophical Issues (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
2020 (w/D. Wiens), What Second Best Scenarious Reveal about Ideals of Global Justice In Thom Brooks (ed.) The Oxford Handbook to Global Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
2018 International Political Theory Meets International Public Policy In Chris Brown and Robyn Eckersley (eds.) The Oxford Handbook for International Political Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
2017 (w/L. Christie), The Moral Equality of Combatants In Seth Lazar and Helen Frowe (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
2016 (w/G. Øverland), Individual Responsibility for Carbon Emissions: Is there anything wrong with overdetermining harm? In Jeremy Moss (ed.), Climate Change and Justice(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
2016 (w/K. Macdonald), How Should We Conceive of Individual Consumer Responsibility to Address Labour Injustices in Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner & Faina Milman-Sivan (eds.), Global Justice and International Labour Rights. (New York: Cambridge University Press)
2014 (w/S. Wisor), The Ethics of International Trade in D. Moellendorf and H. Widdows (eds) The Handbook of Global Ethics (London: Routledge, Forthcoming)
2013 (w/S. Wisor), Global Poverty in H. Lafollette (ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (New York: Wiley-Blackwell)
2013 (w/S. Wisor), The World Trade Organization in H. Lafollette (ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (New York: Wiley- Blackwell)
2012 (w/H. Lawford-Smith), Global Justice in C. Barry and H. Lawford- Smith (eds) Global Justice, (Surrey: Ashgate Publishing)
2011 (w/M. Peterson), Who Should Pay for the Damage of the Global Financial Crisis?” in N. Dobos, C. Barry, and T. Pogge (eds) Global Financial Crisis: The Ethical Issues (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan)
2010 (w/M. Peterson), Dealing Fairly with the Costs to the Poor of the Global Financial Crisis in I. MacNeil and J. O’Brien (eds) The Future of Financial Regulation (Oxford: Hart)
2007 (w/B. Herman and L. Tomitova), Excessive Indebtedness as an Ethical Problem in C. Barry, B. Herman, and L. Tomitova (eds) Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt, Malden, Blackwell Publishing)
2005 Understanding and Evaluating the Contribution Principle in A. Follesdall and T. Pogge (eds) Real World Justice (Dordrecht: Kluwer)
2004 Redistribution in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2003 Global Justice: Aims, Arrangements, and Responsibilities in T. Erskine (ed.) Can Institutions Have Responsibilities?: Collective Moral Agency and International Relations (New York: Palgrave Macmillan)
2003 Education and Standards of Living in R. Curren (ed.) A Companion to the Philosophy of Education (Malden, Blackwell, 2003)
Edited Books
2012 (w/H. Lawford-Smith), Global Justice (Surrey: Ashgate Publishing)
2011 (w/N. Dobos and T. Pogge), Global Financial Crisis: The Ethical Issues (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan)
2009 (w/J. Rosenthal), Ethics and International Affairs: A Reader (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press)
2007 (w/B. Herman and L. Tomitova), Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing)
2005 (w/T. Pogge), Global Institutions and Responsibilities: Achieving Global Justice (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing)
Selected Academic Service
2016-2018, 2020-21 Head of School, Philosophy, RSSS
2016- 2021 Chair, Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee, ANU
2012-2014 Convenor, Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
2012 -2014 Chair, Visiting Fellows Committee, RSSS
2012 Preparation of Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Submission (ANU Philosophy)
2009-2011 Deputy Director, CAPPE
2009-2011 Convenor, Honours in Philosophy
2010 Preparation of Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Submission (ANU Philosophy)
2009-2011 Convenor, Honours in Philosophy
2008-2010 Program Director, Business and Professional Ethics, CAPPE
Selected Professional Service
Current Co-Editor of Journal of Political Philosophy, Associate Editor of Ethics, Associate Editor (moral and political philosophy) of Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Editorial Board of Ethics & International Affairs
Past Editor of Ethics & International Affairs, Editorial Board Member of Journal of International Political Theory, Associate Editor, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
Selected Media
2021. Big-business greenwash or a climate saviour? Carbon offsets raise tricky moral questions — The Conversation
2018. Is Ignorance a Virtue in a Media-Saturated Age? (podcast on ABC Radio program Minefield)
2017 (w/Philip Gerrans) Virtual Citizenship for Refugees: A Proposal Ethics in International Affairs Online
2016 (w/Philip Gerrans) Refugistan: how a virtual state might alleviate the refugee crisis Sydney Morning Herald, Policy Forum
2015 Is Downloading Really Stealing? The Ethics of Digital Piracy, The Conversation
2015 (w/Kate Macdonald), Modern Slavery and the Responsibilities of the Consumer Open Democracy
2014 (w/H. Lawford-Smith), Critics Pour Cold Water on the Ice-Bucket Challenge: Are they Right? The Conversation
2014 (w/C. Emerson), Chronic Inequality Emmo Forum (Vodcast)
2008-2013 (w/M. Peterson), Public Ethics Radio (25 Podcast Episodes)
2009 (w/M. Peterson), Shallow Cuts: GSK's Voluntary Price Reductions and Patent Pooling are Not Enough Policy Innovations
2008 (w/M. Peterson), The G-20’s Global Hit-and-Run Policy Innovations
2007 (w/S. Reddy), Alternative Ways to Link Trade and Labour Standards Financial Times
2006 (w/S. Reddy), The False Dilemma of the Sweatshop Financial Times
2005 (w/S. Reddy), Promoting Poorer Countries Interest in the Global Trading System Economic Times
Book Reviews
2021 Economic Statecraft, By Cécile Fabre. Mind
2014 On Global Justice, By Mathias Risse Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2009 Deliberative Democracy and the Institutions of Judicial Review, By Christopher F. Zurn, Ethics
2007 The Ethics of Assistance, ed. Deen Chatterjee Ethics
2007 Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution, eds. Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles and Michael Wallerstein Perspectives on Politics
2007 The New Riddle of Constitutions, By Susan Marks Ethics
2001 Boundaries and Allegiances, By Samuel Scheffler Ethics & International Affairs
2001 Bounds of Justice, By Onora O’Neill Ethics & International Affairs
PhD Completions Supervised
Luara Ferracioli: Morality in Migration (Chair); Joanne Lau: Political Obligation and the Civil Dead (Chair); Alejandra Mancilla: A Cosmopolitan Right of Necessity (Panel); Rosa Terlazzo: Adaptive Preferences and Children's Options (Panel); Stephanie Collins: The Scope of Dependence-Based Duties (Panel); John Harrington: The Failure To Constrain Corporate Social Injury: The State, the Stakeholder and the Fiduciary (Chair); Jonathan Pickering: Fair Climate Policy in an Unequal World: Characterising Responsibilities and Designing Institutions for National Mitigation and International Finance (Chair), Robert Kirby: The Beneficiary Pays Principle and Climate Change (Chair), Kerrie O’Rourke (Panel), Chad Lee-Stronach: Morality Under Risk (Panel) Susan Pennings: Health care with limited resources: Ethics, Epidemiology and Public Policy (Chair), Shang Yeo: The Scope and Limits of Debunking Arguments in Ethics (Chair),Chris Lernpass: Diachronic Choice in Ethics (Chair)
MA Completions Supervised
Christine Winter, Fei Song
Honours Completions Supervised
Susan Pennings, Andrew Rutledge, John Horan, Fiona Song, Jackson St. George, Vanessa de Kauwe, Liam Ryan
Current PhD Students
Kirsten Mann (Chair); Lauren Dickson (Chair); Nick Carroll (Chair); James Edgar Lim (Chair), Brenna Barker-Lamb (Panel), Max Fedeoseev (Panel)