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Alisabeth Ayars is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University (2021), where she worked with Gideon Rosen, Johann Frick, and Michael Smith. Her research focuses on metaethics, moral psychology, and the normative implications of evaluative thought. Key areas include practical judgment, the nature of desires, and moral worth. She teaches courses such as Introduction to Ethics, Topics in Ethical Theory, and Seminar for Majors in Philosophy.
Her work challenges theories like innate moral grammar and proposes Bayesian inference-based models. Notable contributions include an expressivist account of third-personal normative judgment and arguments for the distinction between attraction and aversion in well-being. Current projects explore moral hobbyism, categorical concern, and metaphysical grounding in ethics.
A recent paper, 'An Explanation of the Essential Publicity of Practical Reasons', argues that normative judgments inherently commit actors to respecting others' reasons, countering rational egoism. This aligns with her broader interest in the coherence of normative frameworks.
