Jeremy Fischer

Jeremy Fischer is a writer interested in the psychological underpinnings of inegalitarian and undemocratic social relations. His works include “Racism as Civic Vice” (published in Ethics) and “Feeling Racial Pride in the Mode of Frederick Douglass” (published in Critical Philosophy of Race). His current research on human relations with animals considers the ethics of training children to consume animal products. His paper, “Creating Carnists” (co-authored with Rachel Fredericks and published in Philosophers’ Imprint) sketches some concerns about such caregiving. He also has research interests in ethical and political topics relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the work of Peter Kropotkin. He lives in Chicago.