Valerie Tiberius

Valerie Tiberius is a Canadian philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota, an institution she has been affiliated with since 1998. She has published numerous reviewed papers as well as five books: Deliberation about the Good: Justifying What We Value, The Reflective Life: Living Wisely with Our Limits, Well-Being as Value Fulfillment: How We Can Help Each Other to Live Well, Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction, and What Do You Want Out of Life? A Philosophical Guide to Figuring Out What Matters. Her latest book, Artificially Yours: Real Friendship in a World of Chatbots, is set to be published on May 12, 2026. Much of her work has taken a practical, empirical approach to philosophical questions, trying to show how these disciplines can improve the world.