About Me.
I'm a current PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. My dissertation is on the moral salience of regret. In particular, I consider moral issues related to regret in medical decision-making. My research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada through a CGS-D scholarship.
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Before coming to UBC, I earned my MA at the University of Toronto in the Department of Philosophy. During my MA, I completed a Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics with the Joint Centre for Bioethics, where my research focused on reproductive autonomy. ​
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Outside of philosophy, I enjoy baking and cooking, and occasionally SCUBA diving!
Research
Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care
With Kimberley Brownlee, forthcoming in Ethics
When the US Supreme Court rejected the constitutional right to abortion care, several US states enacted bans. This legal change exposed critical moral questions about pregnancy in childhood: What do adults owe to an impregnated girl? This article shows that both opponents of abortion and defenders of women’s rights make a mistake by overlooking that a girl is a child . Her caregivers should view her impregnation as a malady and take steps to terminate it. This article presents a novel analysis of a previously unnamed injustice—antigirlism—to make sense of the mistreatment that girls endure in reproductive care.
With Rebecca Greenberg, PhD, RN; Julie Thorne, MD, MPH; Joanna Erdman, JD, LLM; & Nipa Chauhan, MHSc, in Obstetrics and Gynecology
In this article, we propose a patient-centered approach for practice to address requests for tubal sterilization that prioritizes informed consent and respect for patient autonomy. We ultimately aim to assure physicians that when the conditions of informed consent are met and documented, they practice within the limits of the law and in line with best ethical practice by respecting their patients' choice of contraceptive interventions and by ensuring their access to care.
With Julia Minarik, Chapter in Ted Chiang and Philosophy, with Palgrave Macmillan
In this chapter, we consider the philosophical challenges that arise in Ted Chiang's short story, "Liking What You See: A Documentary". In particular, we consider the problems that arise with lookism and the value that can be found in admiring human beauty. We explore the morality of finding other people beautiful, and propose a solution to resolve, at least in part, seemingly incompatible moral and aesthetic ends. We argue that it is not unethical to admire human beauty, if the observer does so in a way which pays proper attention to the subject’s moral character.