Luke Semrau is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He was a Junior Faculty Fellow with GISME from 2018 to 20220.  A graduate of Vanderbilt University (PhD Philosophy 2016), and Tufts (MA Philosophy 2011), Luke’s research interest span all areas of moral philosophy, including normative theory, meta-ethics, and applied ethics. He’s currently pursuing research into the ethics of commodification, particularly the moral status of kidney markets. He’s also coauthoring a book on contemporary debates about Utilitarianism.

Luke’s work appears, among other places, in Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Public Affairs Quarterly, and Bioethics. He has coauthored papers, among other places, in Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.