I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Columbia University. I specialize in ethics and classical Chinese philosophy, with further interests in social and political thought. My research in contemporary ethics is inspired by foundational concepts in Confucian philosophy which generally find no direct parallel in Western philosophical traditions.

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   My dissertation work on etiquette draws from li (禮), or ritual propriety, a system of social norms closely related to virtuous character. A second project draws from the renlun (⼈倫), or roles, a system whereby important moral obligations are variable according to a person’s social position rather than generally or universally binding.

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