Research

My research is primarily concerned with topics at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics in the philosophy of Kant, in Post-Kantian German Idealism, and in 19^th and 20^th century Jewish Thought.  I also have longstanding interests in Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Critical Theory.

A central aim of my work is to draw attention to the ongoing relevance of the views defended by post-Kantian philosophers, by showing how they arise from problems internal to the Kantian framework, and by drawing parallels to similar topics in contemporary philosophy of action, ethics, and metaphysics.

My book, For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to  Rosenzweig, published by Oxford University Press in 2018, presents a new perspective on the history of German Idealism that focuses on the role of the principle of sufficient reason in metaphysical inquiry and the Kantian idea of a primacy of practical reason. 

Currently I am working on a manuscript on the topic of the highest good in the Kantian and post-Kantian philosophical traditions.  Below I provide a brief description of the project.