I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to this, I completed a MA and a BA, both in Philosophy, at Texas Tech University & Saint Cloud State University, respectively.
Most of my philosophical interests and research currently involve meaning in life & related issues/questions/topics. I also have major interests in questions of grief, the self, and how to live well, especially where these intersect with questions about meaning in life.
I have other interests in value theory, virtue theory, the emotions & moral sentiments, existentialism, and the notion of evil. Outside of that, I like to dabble in political theory & philosophy, classical Confucian philosophy, Nietzsche, & Wittgenstein.
Research interests
moral philosophy, broadly construed to include value theory, metaethics, virtue ethics, meaning of/in life, and evil; moral psychology (especially the emotions, sentiments, or reactive attitudes); Chinese philosophy (especially classical Confucian ethics and political philosophy)
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