Lisa Bastian

Dr. Lisa Bastian is an Assistant Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She specializes in Meta-Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy with a focus on rationality’s role in normative frameworks. Her research explores coherence preservation versus reason-responsiveness in rationality, Cancel Culture’s epistemological dimensions, and rationality’s impact in contexts of mental scarcity like poverty.

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy, University of St Andrews (2020)
• Master in Philosophy, University of St Andrews (2015–2016)
• Bachelor in Philosophy & Economics, Universität Bayreuth (2011–2015)

Research Interests: Her work bridges ethics and epistemology, analyzing concepts like conceptual injustice, rational agency, and the moral implications of cognitive limitations. She investigates how normative notions interact with reactive attitudes such as praise and blame.

Recent Scholarship Trends: Her articles from 2023–2025 emphasize courtroom ethics, normativity of rationality, and structural epistemic harms. Collaborations include editorial work on legal philosophy and public engagement with climbing ethics debates.

Awards: None explicitly listed.