Pamela Hieronymi

Pamela Hieronymi is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is mainly known for her work in moral psychology. An expert in moral psychology, Hieronymi has written widely on issues about responsibility and agency, as well as on reasons, trust, forgiveness, and the voluntariness of belief. The work has been influential and widely cited. Hieronymi served as an advisor on moral philosophy and ethics for the popular NBC sit-com The Good Place, and subsequently became a "consulting philosopher" for the show; "surely a first in sitcom history." Hieronymi guided the show to feature the work of her dissertation advisor, Harvard emeritus professor T.M. Scanlon, and also advised the writers on "existentialism and the famous thought experiment known as the Trolley Problem," among other topics. In the final episode, she appeared as a cameo alongside political philosopher Todd May.[11]