Featured Author: David Killoren

I'd like to wholeheartedly thank Markos Valaris for his work as Featured Author, and for doing such a great job during his stint! It was really great learning about Markos' research, and I hope Markos enjoyed his time sharing his work with us.

Now that it's the beginning of another month, it's my pleasure to introduce our second Featured Author: David Killoren. 

David received his PhD from Wisconsin in 2012 and is now in a post-doctoral position in the Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values at Coastal Carolina University. He works mainly in ethics, but also has interests in epistemology, social/political philosophy, and aesthetics. His publications include:

David Killoren (2010). Moral Intuitions, Reliability, and Disagreement. Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 4 (1) 1-35.

David Killoren and Bekka Williams (2013). Group Agency and Overdetermination. Ethical Theory & Moral Practice 16 (2) 295-307.

In some of his recent papers (accessible here: http://www.davidkilloren.com/papers) he argues that robust moral realism is an excellent religion, that robust moral realists ought to adopt an occasionalist epistemology, that the moral difference between pets and livestock should be understood in terms of narrativity, and (with Jonathan Lang and Bekka Williams) that political discourse should be extremely inclusive. He's also in the midst of co-editing (with Emily Crookston and Jonathan Trerise) a collection of new papers on political ethics.

David will be with us for the next couple of weeks or so, and has several interesting-sounding posts planned. I've also known David for a couple of years now, and am happy to say that he's a really cool cat. :) So, please join me in welcoming him!

Finally, I'd just like to remind readers that participation in our Featured Authors series is open to all early career members of the profession with a peer-reviewed publishing record, and invite anyone who is interested in sharing their work to self-nominate by emailing me at [email protected]. Please don't be shy. I'd like for the series to be comprised by a truly diverse body of philosophers from all over the map!

Comments

[David Killoren]

Thanks, Marcus, for organizing the "Featured Author" series, which I think is a great idea. And thanks to Markos for his previous (and future?) contributions to this series. I don't think my posts will rise to Markos-level awesomeness but I'll do my best. I'll aim to post my first post on Tuesday.

[grad]

I think Bogardus was the first Featured Author.

[Marcus Arvan]

grad: Ack! You're right. My mistake. Thanks!