Courses and syllabi:

In 2025–2026, I am leading a research group in the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) initiative at MIT. Our subject is Chatbot Friends. Our working syllabus is here.

Before coming to MIT, I had planned to teach Ethics of AI in Fall 2025. I’m posting the syllabus here, for anyone interested.

In Fall 2023, I taught Animal Ethics at Brown. The syllabus is here.

Resources for students:

Jim Pryor’s Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper

Helena de Bres’s Pink Guide to Philosophy

Excerpts from Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style