My current research focuses on two areas: virtue epistemology and moral psychology. In virtue epistemology, I explore how the epistemic environment impacts the acquisition of knowledge and justification. In moral psychology, I investigate how information about a person’s moral development affects the assessment of praise or blame for their morally relevant actions. The unifying theme of both research projects has been the extent to which external factors, beyond the direct control of individuals, influence normative standings–whether epistemic or moral–that are typically associated with features of the agent’s inner character.
Visit https://philpeople.org/profiles/fernando-alvear for a list of my publications.