ABOUT
I am currently pursuing a DPhil in Philosophy at the University of Oxford with the support of a Rhodes scholarship and a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec Société et Culture. My thesis, supervised by Jeff McMahan, Alison Hills, and Dominic Wilkinson, explores moral behaviour in nonhuman animals. My research interests include animal ethics, practical ethics, moral theory, and philosophy of emotions.
At Oxford, I have been a tutor or teaching assistant for the following courses: Moral Philosophy: Mill (prelim), Ethics (final), and Practical Ethics (final). I also gave four lectures with Jen Semler entitled Moral Agency in Humans and Nonhumans.
I am the author or co-author of two books on the history of animal advocacy: Que veulent les véganes? La cause animale, de Platon au mouvement antispéciste (Fides, 2021), co-written with Alexia Renard and winner of the Prix de l'Animalisme Francophone 2023, and Au nom des animaux : l'histoire de la SPCA de Montréal (1869-2019) (Somme toute, 2019) published for the 150th anniversary of the Montreal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
RESEARCH
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Articles
· "Les véganes au Québec : tensions à gauche et alliances en construction", dossier "Le nouveau clivage idéologique du Québec", Bulletin d’histoire politique, vol. 30, no. 3, fall 2023, Montreal, VLB Éditeur.
Book Chapters
· “Can Animals Be Moral Agents? Why the Debate Matters for Animal Ethics”, The Vegan and Plant-Based Handbook, New York, Springer, 2024.
Research Notes
· Co-written with Michaël Lessard and Daphnée B. Ménard. "Le droit animalier québécois : vers un agenda de recherche", Revue de droit de l'Université de Sherbrooke, vol. 53, no. 2, fall 2024.
Book Reviews
· Baratay, Eric (ed.). L’animal désanthropisé : interroger et redéfinir les concepts, Paris, Éditions de la Sorbonne, 313 pages, Journal of Animal Ethics, vol. 14, no 1, spring 2024.
· Allais, Lucy et Callanan, John J. (ed.) (2020). Kant and Animals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 272 pages, Philosophiques, vol. 48, no. 2, fall 2021.
· Korsgaard, Christine (2018). Fellow Creatures : Our Obligations to the Other Animals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 272 pages, Philosophiques, vol. 46, no. 1, fall 2019.
· Adams, Carol J. (2016). La politique sexuelle de la viande : une théorie féministe critique végétarienne, traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Danielle Petitclerc, Lausanne, Éditions L’Âge d’Homme, 357 pages, Ithaque, no. 21, fall 2017.
UNDER REVIEW
Abstracts and papers available upon request.
· A paper on responsibility practices in animals.
· A paper on emotional contagion in animals and its epistemic role.
· A paper on sympathy and the origins of justice in John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism.
CURRICULUM VITAE
French version
English version
PRESS
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The truth about AI - garbage in, garbage out
Interview for Future Tense
ABC Radio National
6 June 2024
The dangers of AI farming
Essay for Aeon
Co-written with Jonathan Birch
22 March 2024
Les origines de la lutte contre la maltraitance animale
Interview for Aujourd'hui l'histoire
CBC-Radio-Canada Radio 1
25 January 2023
Moral Animals
Interview for Four Thought
BBC Radio 4
December 2022
Empathie, consolation, sens de la justice… Les animaux, ces pros de la morale
Interview for Le Parisien
15 September 2022
On Animal Ethics, Rhodes Scholarships, and Public Philosophy
Interview for The Philosopher's Nest
11 April 2022
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Ce que les véganes veulent, plusieurs jeunes le veulent aussi
Interview for Le Devoir
With Alexia Renard
27 September 2021
Au nom des animaux, de Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert : la grande histoire de la SPCA
Interview for Plus on est de fous, plus on lit, CBC-Radio-Canada Radio 1
5 June 2019