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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In this episode we talk with Megan Fritts about causal and non-causal theories of action explanation and why she prefers a non-causal approach.

Megan's website: https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home

Megan's paper, "Reasons Explanations as Structural Explanations": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-021-03349-4


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In this episode, we talk with Andrei Buckareff about a kind of soft-line response to the manipulation argument that draws from work within the philosophy of action.

Andrei's website: https://sites.google.com/site/andreibuckareff/


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In this episode, we talk with Oisín Deery about his work on free will as a natural kind. Along the way, we talk about what it feels like to act freely, whether freedom is compatible with determinism, and whether artificial intelligences could have free will.

Oisin's website: https://www.oisindeery.com/

Oisin's book, Naturally Free Action: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/naturally-free-action-9780198789796?cc=ie&lang=de&resultsPerPage=60&sortField=8


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