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I am a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Currently (2022-23), I am also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. My research interests range fairly widely across moral philosophy, though with some skew towards more formal ethics and (relatedly) that which intersects more closely with economics. My existing publications in ethics include work on foundational issues in consequentialism ('global' and 'two-level' forms of consequentialism), "cluelessness", interpersonal comparisons of well-being, interpersonal aggregation (utilitarianism/prioritarianism/egalitarianism/etc.), population ethics (pure and applied), moral uncertainty, healthcare prioritisation, climate change and existential risk. Recently, I have been thinking especially about the extent to which every plausible moral theory has to include something very close to a theory of the good (an axiology), and about artificial intelligence. From 2017 to 2022, I served as founding Dire