American philosopher who has developed a sophisticated divine command theory of ethics, a modal metaphysics of essences, and contributed to the study of Leibniz.
Finite and Infinite Goods: the most systematic defense of divine command theory since the medievals — moral rightness is a matter of God's commands, but this is not arbitrary because God commands what is good by his nature. A theory of virtue as excellence. Leibniz: Determinist, Theist, Idealist: a comprehensive account of Leibniz's metaphysics and theology.
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