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Hi! I'm Alexis Morin-Martel

I am a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at UNC-Chapel Hill

My research focuses primarily on moral psychology and the ethics of technology.

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I am a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am also affiliated with UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Program. I received my PhD from McGill University in 2026.

My research examines the moral value of trust in the context of rapid technological change, especially as AI systems change how we relate to one another. My dissertation argued that trust is not merely a tool for coordination but has distinctive moral value. My current work extends this to the normativity of distrust and rational self-trust in the digital age.

My doctoral work was supported by a Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship. During my PhD, I was a fellow at the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ), the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur la normativité (GRIN), and the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique (GRIPP).

Before turning to academic philosophy, I represented Canada internationally as a judo athlete and earned a law degree.

Research

My Publications (peer-reviewed)

Full-Blooded Trust as a Respectful Attitude

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The value of epistemic trust in public experts

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Dreier Is a Great Dad in All Possible Worlds: A Challenge to Moral Contingentism

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Machine Learning in Bail Decisions and Judges’ Trustworthiness

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The Ethics of Kingmaking

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AI Ethics' Institutional Turn. Digital Society (With Jocelyn Maclure)

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My Public Philosophy Articles

Why Care about Fair Legal Procedures?

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The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Await The Law (With Jocelyn Maclure)

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Teaching

Here are the courses I taught at the university level. Earlier in my career, I also taught multiple introductory philosophy courses at the Cegep level, Quebec's two-year pre-university program.

McGill University

PHIL 434 — Metaethics

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McGill University

PHIL 237 — Contemporary Moral Issues

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HEC Montréal Business School

ETHI 1040 — Ethics, Governance and Business Law

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Contact

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