Derek Baker is a contemporary philosopher working primarily in normative ethics and metaethics, with a focus on the structure and temporal dimensions of moral obligations. His work examines how and when obligations arise, including questions about the time-indexing of duties and what agents are required to do relative to particular moments.
Developed accounts of time-indexed moral obligations
Contributed to debates on the metaphysics of moral requirements and when they bind agents
Engaged with questions about prospective duties and future-directed obligations