In this episode, we talk with David Shoemaker about his theory of different kinds of moral responsibility and its implications for psychopathy and the law.

David's website: https://sites.google.com/site/dshoemakr/home

David's book, Responsibility from the Margins: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/responsibility-from-the-margins-9780198715672?lang=en&cc=us

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In this episode, we talk with Gideon Yaffe about whether and to what extent children should be held less culpable for breaking the law.

Gideon's website: https://law.yale.edu/gideon-yaffe

Gideon's book, The Age of Culpability: Children and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: https://academic.oup.com/book/8349?login=false

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In this episode, we talk with Saul Smilansky about overpunishment, focusing on the question of whether overpunishing a guilty person is morally worse than punishing an innocent person. We also briefly discuss Saul's work on free will and illusion.

Saul's website: https://www.saulsmilansky.com/

Saul's book, Free Will and Illusion: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/free-will-and-illusion-9780199252596?q=saul%20smilanski%20free%20will&lang=en&cc=us

Saul's paper, "Overpunishment and the Punishment of the Innocent": https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phib.12235

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In this episode, we talk with Katrina Sifferd about the rehabilitation of criminal offenders and the effects that environments can have on criminal behavior and rehabilitation.

Katrina's website: https://pleasandexcuses.net/

Katrina's paper, "Structural Injustice and Fair Opportunity": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11572-023-09697-1


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In this episode, we talk with Victor Tadros about moral authority (or standing) and punishment. In particular, we ask about what it would mean for the state to be complicit in the behavior of criminal offenders and how that complicity might affect its standing to punish. 

Victor's website: https://vtadros367761169.wordpress.com/

Victor's book, Criminal Responsibility: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/criminal-responsibility-9780199225828

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In this episode, we talk with Craig Agule about some of the philosophical issues related to mens rea requirements in the law and also about the connection between mens rea and free will.

Craig's website: https://craigagule.com/

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In this episode, we talk with Erin Kelly about the main theories of justification for punishment, as well as some challenges for those theories. We also ask her about her work on moving from retributive to restorative justice.

Erin's website: https://erinikelly.com

Erin's book, The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980778

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This episode starts a new season on free will and the law. In a wide-ranging discussion, Kyle Fritz gives some background for various key issues at the intersection of free will and the law.

Kyle's website: https://kylegfritz.com/


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In this episode, we talk with Robert Wallace about a dilemma for compatibilist views that reductively explain free will in terms of dispositions.

Robert's website: https://www.roberthwallace.com/

Robert's paper, "A Dilemma for Reductive Compatibilism": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-021-00475-w

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In this episode we talk with Nadine Elzein about the public health model for responding to criminal behavior. We ask about reasons for preferring this model (including free will skepticism) as well as some common objections to treating crime like a public health issue.

Nadine's website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/summaries/elzein/


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