My philosophical work centers in normative ethics, practical ethics, and feminist philosophy; I'm particularly interested in understanding when and why it's morally permissible to violate an individuals rational autonomy. In my dissertation, I examined the role of autonomy and consent in sexual ethics. I'm currently writing papers about the ethics of manipulation and the ethics of doctors giving placebos to their patients.

You can read some of my dissertation work by following this link (click on "View Full Profile"): http://www.linkedin.com/pub/anne-barnhill/12/1a5/134

I studied Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as an undergraduate at Princeton University before switching fields and receiving a masters degree in Philosophy from Tufts University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from New York University. Before becoming a Greenwall Fellow, I was a Faculty Fellow at the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.