Outside readers for a book manuscript?

I am happy to report that I recently signed a contract for my second book, Neurofunctional Prudence and Morality: A Philosophical Theory. If there are any readers out there who specialize in areas the book focuses on who might be interested in confidentially reading and providing feedback on revised chapter drafts, I could really use some help!

Here is a short description of the project:

Philosophers across many traditions have long theorized about the relationship between prudence and morality. Few clear answers have emerged, however, in large part because of the inherently speculative nature of traditional philosophical methods. This book aims to forge a bold new path forward, outlining a theory of prudence and morality that unifies a wide variety of findings in neuroscience with philosophically sophisticated normative theorizing.

The author summarizes the emerging behavioral neuroscience of prudence and morality, showing how human moral and prudential cognition and motivation are known to involve over a dozen brain regions and capacities. He then outlines a detailed normative philosophical theory of prudence and morality based on neuroscience and lived human experience. The result demonstrates how this theory coheres with and explains the behavioral neuroscience, showing how each brain region and capacity interacts to give rise to normatively prudent and moral behavior. The theory also resolves normative and descriptive critiques of the author's first book, Rightness as Fairness: A Moral and Political Theory.

I am especially in need of readers who specialize in decision-theory (particularly risk and uncertainty) and philosophy of science (specifically, the nature of explanation and theory evaluation). I could also probably use some readers who focus on moral psychology (motivation, emotion, and cognition) and meta-ethics (particularly normativity, reasons, and categorical reasons).

Anyway, I know you are all busy with your own lives and work. But if you specialize in any of these areas and have any interest in serving as an outside reader, please feel free to volunteer in the comment sections below or email me at [email protected]. It may be several weeks or in some cases months before I need feedback in particular areas, but if you are willing to serve as a potential reader (and are willing and able to keep chapter drafts and ideas confidential), I would be deeply grateful--as well as more than happy to return the favor! 

Comments

[Brad]

Congratulations Marcus!
You must be very excited. Talk about a great Christmas present ...

[Marcus Arvan]

Thanks Brad!

[Peter Furlong]

This is great news! Congrats! Unfortunately, I don't have the needed expertise to help you.