Research Areas

Philosophy of science (esp. science and values, policy, health economics, medicine, epidemiology), ethics, political philosophy, bioethics, philosophy of disability

Edited Book

Measuring the Global Burden of Disease: Philosophical Dimensions. Eds. Eyal, Hurst, Murray, Schroeder, and Wikler. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming 2020).

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, producing critical data for researchers, policy-makers, and health workers about more than 350 diseases, injuries, and risk factors. Such an undertaking is, of course, extremely complex from an empirical perspective. But it also raises complex ethical and philosophical questions. In this volume, a group of leading philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and policy scholars identify and discuss these philosophical questions. Better appreciating the philosophical dimensions of a study like the GBD can make possible a more sophisticated interpretation of its results, and it can improve epidemiological studies in the future, so that they are better suited to produce results that help us to improve global health.

Articles and Chapters

I no longer regularly update this page. See my PhilPapers profile for a near-complete list of articles and book chapters, including links to preprints/drafts. My C.V. has a bit more information, and also lists recent presentations and (some) works in progress.