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Academic work

Scholarship on moral philosophy, the philosophy of leadership, and reasoning.

Forthcoming · Bloomsbury Academic

Morality in Plain Sight

The Surprisingly Ordinary Case for Morality

An overview of moral philosophy for general readers that dispenses with the common notion that moral judgments have special authority. When our moral judgments approve of some behavior, they are true when that behavior is beneficial to humankind. When they seem to have special authority, it is because we feel so strongly about living lives that benefit humankind.

Second edition, 2020 · University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing · Open access

A Guide to Good Reasoning

Cultivating Intellectual Virtues

A systematic guide to clarifying and evaluating arguments according to four standards: whether the premises fit the world, the conclusion fits the premises, the argument fits the conversation, and whether it is possible to tell. The first edition was published by McGraw-Hill in 1999.

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Leadership as a Managerial Practice

Book chapter. Forthcoming in the second edition of the Handbook of Philosophy of Management, Springer Nature.

The Philosophy of Leadership: Foundations and Frontiers

With Jacqueline Boaks. Philosophy of Management 25, no. 2 (2026): 187–192.

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The Hitler Problem, the Follower Problem, and the Concept of Leadership

Philosophy of Management 25, no. 2 (2026): 321–330.

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Leadership Takes Aim

Philosophy of Management 25, no. 2 (2026): 303–316.

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The Philosophy of Management Today

Philosophy of Management 22, no. 4 (2023): 493–503.

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Defining Leadership

Philosophy of Management 22, no. 1 (2023): 99–128.

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Management, Political Philosophy, and Social Justice

With Marian Eabrasu. Philosophy of Management 21, no. 3 (2022): 281–287.

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The Leading Edge of Leadership Studies

Philosophy of Management 17, no. 4 (2018): 373–378.

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Leadership, Management, and the History of Ideas

Philosophy of Management 16, no. 2 (2017): 183–189.

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Functionalism and Moral Personhood: One View Considered

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 44, no. 4 (1984): 521–529.

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Review of At the Origins of Modern Atheism

Michael J. Buckley. The Journal of Religion 71, no. 3 (1991): 440–442.

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Philosophy of Management

Executive Editorial Board and Associate Editor, 2012–present.

The Philosophy of Project Management

Co-editor with Efrosyni Konstantinou, Henk den Uijl, and Ralf Müller. Forthcoming special collection for the International Journal of Project Management.

Rethinking Leadership

Co-editor with Jacqueline Boaks. Special issue of Philosophy of Management (June 2026).

Management and Political Philosophy

Co-editor with Marian Eabrasu. Special issue of Philosophy of Management (September 2022).

Annual Philosophy of Management Conference

Co-organizer, 2012–present.

Vienna Workshop on the Philosophy of Leadership

Co-organizer, 2025–present.

Leadership as a Managerial Practice

Vienna Workshop on the Philosophy of Leadership, Vienna (July 2026).

Defining Leadership Development

With Gareth Craze. Philosophy of Management Conference, Paris (July 2026).

Leadership as Responsibility

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, St. Louis (March 2026).

What Gives You the Right?

Vienna Workshop on the Philosophy of Leadership, Vienna (July 2025).

Disembedded Leadership

Philosophy of Management Conference, Oxford (June 2025).

Leadership as Responsibilities and Rights

Philosophy of Management Conference, Oxford (June 2024).