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I am "Assistent" (non-tenured lecturer) at the Chair for Practical Philosophy at the University of Regensburg (since April 2009). Before coming here, I have held appointments at the universities of Leipzig, Saarbrücken, Glasgow, Witten/Herdecke and Konstanz. I teach and  do research in ethics, philosophy of the social sciences, and related areas.

I completed my PhD in philosophy at the London School of Economics in 2005 (under the supervision of Nancy Cartwright).

In the last few years I have taught courses on causality, logic, metaethics, the history of moral philosophy, paternalism, introductory political philosophy, equality, the philosophy of social science, basic income, global justice, advanced moral theory; half of these at graduate level.

My doctoral dissertation was on John Stuart Mill. It most prominently discussed Mill's distinction between higher and lower pleasures. I defended Mill (and common sense) against some arguably extravagant claims about what a good life would be like.

I currently work on luck egalitarianism and its relation to health and related topics such as organ donations.  

My academic page at Regensburg is here.

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