✍️ Human equality, animal ethics, and why individuals have moral rights. Postdoctoral researcher at McGill and the Centre for Research in Ethics.
Montreal, Canada
Joined September 2019
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My first journal article has just been published in The Philosophical Quarterly.
I argue against an increasingly popular way to argue humans matter more than animals
And: 10 years ago today, I first arrived at university. V lucky I can mark it this way
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New episode! Are breakups positively good? Do we have duties to our ex long after a breakup? I chatted to two philosophers of relationships to find out! open.spotify.com/episode/6uw…
Grateful that LabourList just published my call for a step-change in #animalprotection from new #Burnham government. labourlist.org/2026/07/why-b…
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My friend has an awesome podcast, check it out 👇
Sex, dating, and discrimination. New episode today! We ask: what counts as discrimination in dating, and what is simply following your preferences? Is looks-based discrimination a thing? And more!
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Sex, dating, and discrimination. New episode today! We ask: what counts as discrimination in dating, and what is simply following your preferences? Is looks-based discrimination a thing? And more!
linktr.ee/surprisingethics
UK chicken industry lobby thinks it would be a travesty to "process" less than 1 billion chickens a year. The way they speak about animals is disgusting
No, no and no.
#FactoryFarming - food waste on a massive scale - is not the future of a sustainable, secure food system, as well as having awful environmental and #AnimalWelfare impacts
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No, no and no.
#FactoryFarming - food waste on a massive scale - is not the future of a sustainable, secure food system, as well as having awful environmental and #AnimalWelfare impacts
theguardian.com/environment/…
It's live and taking off! Is the #manosphere making men incapable of love? New episode of Surprising Ethics! On masculinity, misogyny, vulnerability and love. Listen hereeee linktr.ee/surprisinget...
Grateful that The Ecologist is covering my podcast today! I hope Surprising Ethics continues to surprise me, and you theecologist.org/2026/mar/17…
New episode on the philosophy of new year's resolutions! Discussing how to set fulfilling resolutions and whether resolutions are a good idea in what Bertrand Russell thinks is a culture of insane hyper-productivity #NewYearsResolutions linktr.ee/surprisingethics
The wonderful public philosophy magazine The Pamphlet has just published a feature of my podcast! the-pamphlet.com/articles/su…
Is envy morally *good*? Far from being a deadly sin, does it drive progress and help us understand ourselves? Sarah Protasi thinks so. In today's Surprising Ethics episode we discuss envy's virtues, self-esteem, self-acceptance, love, and social comparison linktr.ee/surprisingethics
It's World Philosophy Day! Why not celebrate hard with an episode of Surprising Ethics? For the most intriguing ideas in philosophy. Link to platforms: linktr.ee/surprisingethics
Will AI have rights? Will AI really become conscious? Why? My podcast has a new episode where you can hear from experts on both sides of the debate linktr.ee/surprisingethics
I just wrote this, on whether a UK supermarket is producing the 'happy, natural, ethically raised' pigs it claims to in new animal welfare drive.
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Happy to recommend a new philosophy podcast: Surprising Ethics, by @will_gildea.
One of the early episodes (surprisingethics.buzzsprout.…) very thoughtfully discusses some of my work on the moral status of (non-)monogamy.
V excited to say I just launched a podcast!! Surprising Ethics is all about the most interesting and surprising ideas in ethics and political theory. 3 launch episodes+ 1-min trailer here! surprisingethics.buzzsprout.…
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Dr Isabella Trifan from @UniEssexGovt:
“Today’s announcement is a step forward—not because 16-year-olds can pay taxes, but because they are citizens who are affected by policy and are as capable of voting as many adults are.”
#VotingAge #YouthVoice #Democracy #WeAreEssex
The voting age will be lowered to 16 for all UK elections as part of an overhaul of the country’s voting system on.ft.com/46gC4Bs
