Vishnu Sridharan

Vishnu Sridharan works primarily in ethics, law, and social and political philosophy. He approaches these topics with a particular focus on their epistemic dimension. This has resulted in numerous articles on risk, fairness, and the nature of prejudice. He has also published articles on Buddhist philosophy, incorporating modern psychological findings into canonical teachings on the mind, personal identity, and collective paths to enlightenment. More recently, he has been developing a project on the persuasive capabilities of large language models (LLMs). 

 

Professor Sridharan has wide-ranging teaching interests and regularly offers undergraduate and graduate courses on gender, race, epistemology, and AI ethics. He also supervises dissertations, masters theses, and senior honors theses, especially on topics relating to justice and equality. 

 

Before coming to CU, Professor Sridharan was a Law and Philosophy post-doc at UCLA, as well as an affiliate member at its Critical Race Studies program. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California and his JD from Stanford Law School. Outside of the academy, he worked for over a decade with organizations and organizers on issues relating to poverty, good governance, and international human rights. 

 

For more information (including resources for graduate and undergraduate students), visit his personal website: https://www.vishnusridharan.com/