The Free Will Show

In this episode, we talk with Justin Capes about the principle of alternative possibilities and his version of the flicker of freedom response to Frankfurt cases.

Justin's website: https://www.justincapes.com/

Justin's book, Moral Responsibility and the Flicker of Freedom: https://academic.oup.com/book/46725

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In this episode, we talk with Simone Gubler about forgiveness, its value, and some potential problems with institutional attempts to make forgiveness happen.

Simone's website: https://simonegubler.com/

Simone's paper, "Recent Work in Forgiveness": https://academic.oup.com/analysis/article-abstract/82/4/738/6908773?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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In this episode, we talk with Stephen Morse about the nature of addiction and about the moral and criminal responsibility of people who suffer from addiction.

Stephen's website: https://www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/smorse/

Stephen's book (edited with Adina Roskies), A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-primer-on-criminal-law-and-neuroscience-9780199859177?q=primer%20on%20law%20and%20neuroscience%20morse%20roskies&lang=en&cc=us

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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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