Work in Progress 

Below is a list of my finished drafts. I am happy to share them upon request. The linked items are viewable. Feel free to email me at racheldichter15@gmail.com or at rdichter@nd.edu for others.

​

Theoretical

-A paper giving a nonnaturalist realist account of moral perception 

-A paper on phenomenal concepts (draft of 10/12/22)

-A paper on rational action 

A paper arguing against a strong form of motivational internalism (draft of 4/16/23)

-A paper arguing that the modality involved in the statement of the motivational internalism thesis is neither conceptual nor metaphysical

-A paper suggesting that anger states can have normative rational authority in themselves (draft of 9/16/23)

-A paper on the distinction between thin and thick ethical concepts (draft of 8/12/24)

​

Applied

-A paper on the role of social media in the COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests

-A paper that gives an account of victimhood and argues that victims epistemically should have a victim mentality (draft of 1/6/23)

-A paper that gives an analysis of the concept "evil" (draft of 6/22/24)​

​​

First Dissertation Chapters

-Chapter One (draft of 12/4/23)

-Chapter Two (draft of 10/5/24)

-Chapter Three (draft of 10/2/24)

​-Chapter Four (please email)

​

I thank my committee for providing comments on the posted chapters of my first dissertation attempt.

​

In Progress (Second Dissertation) 

-Part I of III: A paper on whether weak-willed actions must be considered free actions (draft of 12/7/24)

-Part II of III: A paper arguing that the concept of moral worth is response-dependent and examining the implications of this claim for existing debates on the subject (draft of 2/4/25)

-Part III of III: A paper arguing that the conclusion of practical reasoning is a motivational state