On Thursday’s episode of Philosophy in Action Radio, I chatted about “Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Two” with listeners. The podcast of that episode is now available for streaming or downloading. You’ll find it on the episode’s archive page, as well as below.
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Podcast: Chat on Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Two
What are some of the common proposed solutions to the problem of moral luck? How and why do they fail? I will answer these questions and more in this live discussion of Chapter Two of my book, Responsibility & Luck: A Defense of Praise and Blame.
Listen or Download:
- Duration: 1:05:45
- Download: Standard MP3 File (22.6 MB)
Topics:
- Review and about the proposed solutions
- The Epistemic Solution
- The Equalization Solution
- The Identity Solution
- The Modern Compatibilist Solution
- The Character-Based Compatibilist Solution
- The Moral Praise Without Moral Blame Solution
- The Agency as Illusion Solution
Links:
- Responsibility & Luck: A Defense of Praise and Blame by Diana Hsieh
- NoodleFood: The Identity Solution: From the Cutting Room Floor of Responsibility & Luck
- Philosophy in Action: Justifying Punishment
- The Scope Problem in Punishment by Diana Hsieh
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat? by Thomas Nagel
Tags:
- Academia, Compatibilism, Crime, Determinism, Egalitarianism, Ethics, Free Will, John Rawls, Justice, Law, Luck, Moral Judgment, Moral Luck, Philosophy, Politics, Responsibility
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