The Free Will Show

In this episode, we talk with Alan Rhoda about the strengths and weaknesses of various models of divine providence and free will.

Alan's website: http://www.alanrhoda.net/

Alan's book, Open Theism: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/open-theism/58D1856058A7BAED3BD758245927FADB

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In this episode, we talk with Gloria Frost about various views of divine causation of creaturely action, focusing on three views from the medieval period.

Gloria's website: https://gloriafrost.org/

Gloria's book, Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/aquinas-on-efficient-causation-and-causal-powers/582E9302CDF482489AC0CDE3A3EE90B0

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In this episode, we talk with Jason Turner about whether certain kinds of compatibilists can use the free will defense in response to the problem of evil.

Jason's website: https://philosophy.arizona.edu/person/jason-turner

Jason's paper, "Compatibilism and the Free Will Defense": https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol30/iss2/1/

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This ninth season of the podcast will explore topics on free will and theology. In this episode, we talk with Dan Speak about free will and the problem of evil.

Dan's website: https://bellarmine.lmu.edu/philosophy/faculty/?expert=daniel.speak

Dan's book, The Problem of Evil: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-problem-of-evil--9780745664064

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In this episode, we talk with Anneli Jefferson about instrumentalist accounts of moral responsibility and some challenges for the view, including issues related to blaming the dead.

Anneli's website: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/jeffersona1

Anneli's paper, "Instrumentalism about Moral Responsibility Revisited": https://academic.oup.com/pq/article/69/276/555/5266881?login=false

Anneli's paper, "Blaming the Dead": https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejop.12947

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In this episode, we talk with Josh May about issues in neuroethics and the law and also about mental disorders and moral responsibility.

Josh's website: https://www.joshdmay.com/

Josh's book, Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Sciecne: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/neuroethics-9780197648094?cc=us&lang=en&

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In this episode, we talk with Meghan Griffith about developing a narrative capacity and how it relates to becoming morally responsible.

Megan's website: https://www.davidson.edu/people/meghan-griffith

Megan's paper, "Narrative Capacity and Moral Responsibility": https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-philosophy-and-policy/article/abs/narrative-capacity-and-moral-responsibility/B1685573B9DFCAEF6D0B22EA54222D46

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Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe their new book How Free Are We? Conversations from the Free Will Show.

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In this episode we talk with Justin Coates about the nature of ambivalence and arguments for and against it.

Justin's website: https://djustincoates.com/index.html

Justin's book, In Praise of Ambivalence: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-praise-of-ambivalence-9780197652398?q=justin%20coates&lang=en&cc=us#

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In this episode, we talk with Tommie Shelby about whether and when states lack the standing to punish. We also discuss Tommie's book on prison abolitionism, which makes the case for prison reform without accepting that incarceration is illegitimate.

Tommie's website: https://www.tommieshelby.com/

Tommie's book, The Idea of Prison Abolition: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691229751/the-idea-of-prison-abolition

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