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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In this episode we talk with John Maier about what he calls 'options' and how they’re related in other issues in the philosophy of agency.

John's website: https://www.jmaier.net

John's book, Options and Agency: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-10243-1


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In this episode, we talk with Susan Wolf about her view of free will, which she calls "The Reason View," and how her view has evolved over the years.
 
Susan's website: https://philosophy.unc.edu/people/susan-wolf/

Susan's book, Freedom within Reason: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/freedom-within-reason-9780195085655?cc=us&lang=en&


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In this episode, we talk with Justin Caouette about a variety of topics that he’s interested in in the free will debate as well as what is at stake in the debate itself.

Justin's website: http://www.profjustincaouette.com/

Justin's co-edited volume, Free Will and Moral Responsibility: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/free-will-and-moral-responsibility-15


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In this episode, we talk with Per-Erik Milam about blameworthiness and forgiveness. Along the way, we talk about two types of view about what forgiveness is.

Per's website: http://www.pererikmilam.com/

Per's chapter discussed in the episode is called "Forgiveness," and it is in the Oxford Handbook of Moral Responsibility: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-moral-responsibility-9780190679309

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