Noel Dominguez

Noel Dominguez

Noel Dominguez

Noel Dominguez is a PhD candidate in Philosophy. His research focuses on relational normativity, moral responsibility, and joint action. In his dissertation, Dominguez examines our moral responsibility in cases of “marginal agency” – are we responsible for unintentional actions like forgetting or those caused by implicit racial biases? He defends a relational account of moral responsibility according to which we can be blamed for our actions to the extent that they violate others’ autonomy and argues that this “normative” approach to moral responsibility can better explain what we find objectionable about blameworthy instances of marginal agency than accounts focusing on the offending agent’s attitudes can. At Harvard, Dominguez has taught courses in Free Will and the Philosophy of Race, and has served as a teaching fellow for undergraduate and graduate courses in ethics, metaethics, and political philosophy. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

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