Abraham Mathew

Hi! I’m Abe. I’m currently a postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Starting Fall 2026, I’ll be an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from MIT in 2025. Before that, I was an undergraduate at the University of Toronto.

My primary research is in ethics. A central theme of my work is that we are often obligated to treat others better than they deserve or can demand of us—we are often obligated to give gifts, pay forward acts of kindness, and even forgive our wrongdoers. Such obligations, I argue, perform an important function: they draw us into closer affinity with other members of the moral community, enabling us to flourish even as deeply vulnerable, dependent creatures.

You can read more about my research here. You can find my CV here. And you can reach me at philosophyabe [at] gmail [dot] com.

When I’m not doing philosophy, I enjoy following cricket and football, reading good fiction, listening to good podcasts, and watching good films.