EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Pretoria. Accepted with minor revisions to the satisfaction of the non-examining chair. The degree was conferred on 5 September 2023.
Thesis: ‘The Complementary Relation Between the Right and the Good in Justice as Fairness: Implications for Liberal Democracies’.
Supervised by: Supervisor Hennie Lötter (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Co-supervisor Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (University of Pretoria, South Africa).
Examined by: Paul Weithman (University of Notre Dame, United States of America), David Reidy (University of Tennessee, United States of America), Andrius Galisanka (Wake Forest University, Lithuania).
2019 – M.A., Philosophy, University of Pretoria, Cum Laude.
Thesis: ‘Justice as Fairness: The Methodological Tension between the Right and the Good’.
Supervised by: Supervisor Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem and Co-supervisor Hennie Lötter.
Examined by: Darrel Moellendorf (Goethe University, Germany) and Vasti Roodt (Stellenbosch University, South Africa).
2015 – B.A. Hon., Philosophy, University of Pretoria, Cum Laude.
2014 – B.A., Subjects: Philosophy/History/Ancient Cultures, University of Pretoria, Cum Laude.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Academic Appointments:
2024; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, ACEPS, University of Johannesburg
2023; Temporary Lecturer: Fil 712 John Rawls and Reasonable Pluralism, Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria.
2019 – Present; Temporary Lecturer: BPE 211 Professional Ethics for Accountants and Auditors, Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria.
2019 – 2023; Exam Marker: PLS1502 Introduction to African Philosophy & PLS 3703 Advanced African Philosophy, Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology, UNISA.
2019 – 2023; Online Tutor: PLS1052 Introduction to African Philosophy; Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology, UNISA.
2018; Temporary Lecturer: FIL 251 Introduction to Moral Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria.
2014 – 2018; Tutor: Philosophy Department, University of Pretoria.
2016 – 2018; Exam Marker: FIL 110: Philosophy of Science, FIL 120: Moral Philosophy, FIL 220: Political Philosophy; FIL 310: Self and Subjectivity; FIL 320: African Philosophy; FIL 251: Introduction to Moral Philosophy; Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria.
2015; Tutor: Ancient Cultures Department, University of Pretoria.
PROFESSIONAL TALKS, PRESENTATIONS, AND CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES:
INTERNATIONAL:
2023, 4-8 December – ‘AI Literacy: A Primary Good’; SACAIR, 21 Degrees South, Muldersdrift Johannesburg South Africa.
2023, September – ‘The Harms of Social Media for Public Reason’; European Consortium for Political Research, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, co-authored with Michael Schmidt from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
2023, April – ‘The Harms of Social Media for Public Reason’; The Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET); Delf, Netherlands, co-authored with Michael Schmidt from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
2022, October –‘The Priority of the Good in Political Liberalism’; The Right and the Good in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice; University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2022, May – ‘Moral Prescription and the Dissolution of Comprehensive Moral Doctrines’; Reflective Equilibrium 51 years after A Theory of Justice; University of Bern, Switzerland.
2021, December – ‘Why Moral Agreement is not enough to address Algorithmic Structural Bias’; Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research (SACAIR); Durban, South Africa.
2021, November – ‘Justice as Fairness: The Priority of ‘the Right’ and the Place of ‘the Good’; After Justice: John Rawls’s legacy in the 21st Centenary; University of Bucharest, Romania.
NATIONAL:
2024, 17-19 January – ‘A Rawlsian Argument for the Need for the Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church’, PSSA 2024 conference, at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
2024, 16 January – ‘Do Echo Chambers and Cults Pose the Same Threat to Liberal Societies?’, AI4SocietySymposium: AI and Agency, hosted by CAIR theme AI at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
2023, May – ‘Rawls: Justice and the Family’; The Philosophical Society of the University of Pretoria.
2022, October – ‘Critical Thinking for Accountants and Auditors’; Critical Thinking Workshop; University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2021, September – ‘The Role of Philosophy and Critical Thinking in the CA programme’; The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) forum for Community of Best Practices (COBP), South Africa.
2021, October – ‘The Symbiotic Relationship Between ‘the Right’ and ‘the Good’ and its implications for Algorithmic Structural Bias in the Ethics of AI’; University of Pretoria Post-Graduate Symposium.
2019, September – ‘A.I and the Social Good’. 4th Research Symposium for the Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2019, March – ‘John Rawls and the Priority of the Right Implications on Family Life’; Post-Graduate Philosophical Association of South Africa; University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
2019, January – ‘Justice as Fairness is not a Clear Case of the Priority of the Right’; Philosophical Society of Southern Africa; University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2018, July – ‘The Legacy of Kantian Constructivism in Political Liberalism’; Post-Graduate Philosophical Association of South Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa.