Research Overview

My research focuses on what is ordinarily called distributive justice, which I think of as the intersection between political philosophy, normative economics, and the philosophy of law. I am particularly interested in questions of international distributive justice.  I am currently working on a book-length project that aims to amelioriate the tension between justice and sovereignty, and aims to argue that what I call the 'market perspective' of global justice (i.e., that the market is a de facto system of governance in ways relevant to the distribution of the basic goods) grounds authoritative norms of fair cooperation that promote (not undermine) sovereignty. While this does not get us global-level distributive principles, it does allow us to defend certain international legal mechanisms which are instrumental to global equity and development. I call this view moderate statism. 

I also do some work on relational justice and climate justice (as well as the occasional paper in metaethics with political flavour), and on rarer occasions some work in Kant's practical philosophy. 

Publications

"Healthcare Justice: Protecting Self-Respect, Not Opportunity."
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 22, no. 4 (2025): early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-025-10432-9.

"Budget Cuts to Narcan Programs Dangerously Misunderstand Public Health Aims."
Health Affairs Forefront (2025): online print. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20250709.312782.

Public Engagement (Selected)

APA Member Interview: Radheesh Ameresekere.
Blog of the APA (2024): online print.

Papers in Progress

A few papers on global justice & international law (ms. in progress).

A paper on libertarian political philosophy (ms. in progress)

A paper on intergenerational justice which criticizes growth discounting (ms. in progress). 

A paper on constitutivism (ms. in progress).