I am currently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Heterodox Academy's Center for Academic Pluralism. Previously, I was Visiting Assistant Professor at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business, Law and Ethics unit. Before that, I was Research Fellow at Chapman University's Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy. I completed my PhD in philosophy at the University of Arizona under the direction of the late Jerry Gaus, with Tom Christiano, Dave Schmidtz, and Steve Wall on my committee. My primary research areas are political philosophy and normative ethics, but I also have strong interests in moral psychology, aesthetics, and political economy.
My research treats foundational moral diversity as an ineliminable feature of open, democratic societies. I work on how different institutions, ranging from the Supreme Court to private business firms, can become more legitimate by better reflecting this moral diversity in their decision making instead of ignoring it. Guiding my work is the belief that normative theory should engage with our best interdisciplinary understanding of human nature and social life. Insights from economics, political science, and psychology inform much of my philosophical research. My work has appeared in journals that include: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and Journal of the American Philosophical Association. I can be reached at gjesdal<at>heterodoxacademy<dot>org. |