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Title
Professor of Philosophy
Area of Study/Expertise
Moral and Political Philosophy
Office Location
106 Somerset Street, 5th Floor, Room 531
Email
michael.otsuka@rutgers.edu

Michael Otsuka

Professor

Link to CV

My current research interests encompass reciprocity, contractualist justification, and priority for the worse off; population ethics; the value and metaphysics of risks of harm and chances of benefits; prioritarianism, egalitarianism, and the separateness of persons; and risk-pooling, pensions, and insurance.

I am, however, happy to advise a wide range of PhD dissertation topics in moral and political philosophy, philosophy and public policy, and metaphysics (especially free will, determinism, and personal identity) that lie outside of my current research interests, including, but by no means limited to, topics on which I have published in the past.