Pengbo Liu

  • Senior Lecturer, Philosophy
  • Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst

Teaching Interests

Practical Ethics; Technology and Value; Life and Death; Asian Philosophy

Research Interests

Applied Ethics; Cross-Cultural Philosophy; Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Articles


  • Liu, P. (2025). “Can chatbots preserve our relationships with the dead?”. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, (11) 2
  • Liu, P. (2022). “Death in the Zhuangzi: themes, arguments and interpretations”. Philosophy Compass
  • Liu, P. (2020). “Philosophy and the Good Life in the Zhuangzi”. Metaphilosophy, (51) 2-3
  • Liu, P. (2019). “Respect, Jing, and Person”. Comparative Philosophy, (10) 2
  • Book Chapters


  • Liu, P. (2025). Preservation or Transformation: A Daoist Guide to Griefbots AI in Society: Relationships. Oxford Academic (Link)