Area of research:
My doctoral research seeks to bring analytical clarity to debates about when markets and monetary payments are appropriate, and when they are not.
My thesis introduces to this literature the objections that victims have raised against monetary reparation after major acts of historical injustice and builds on these claims to argue that payments—and not only developed or pervasive markets—can sometimes be cause for moral concern.
I argue that the permissibility of a payment depends not on the goods or services in question, but on the context and meaning of the transaction.