This is a collection of web-based presentations I created for PhD seminars. Each one is a companion to a philosophical text, made to distill its argument and expose its through-line. The goal was to give my classmates and me a clearer path into the material. Think of it less as a slideshow, and more as a visual index of the ideas.
Rational Choice and the Original Position: The (Many) Models of Rawls and Harsanyi (2015)
Utilitarianism: For and Against - The place of rules in act-utilitarianism
Utilitarianism: For and Against - Negative responsibility: and two examples
Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism - The Dimensions of the Principles
Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism - The Method of Rebuttals