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Robinson Erhardt
80 - Pamela Hieronymi: Free Will and Moral Responsibility
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Apr 23, 2023 at 3:30 pm.
In This Episode…
Introduction
What is Moral Psychology?
Agency and Analytic Philosophy
Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Determinism
Control Over Thought and Environment
Some Shortcomings of Other Accounts
Kant and the Two-Standpoints View of Free Will
Do We Control Our Beliefs?
-  Free Will and Moral Responsibility
How Should We Act?
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Pamela Hieronymi is Professor of Philosophy at UCLA. Before that, she did her undergraduate studies at Princeton and received her PhD from Harvard. Her work extends in a variety of directions, but some areas she works in include moral psychology, the philosophy of mind, ethics, and the philosophy of action. In this episode, she and Robinson discuss free will and moral responsibility, the topic of an upcoming book entitled Minds that Matter. Pamela begins by introducing moral psychology and the role of analytic philosophy in the debate over free will. Then she and Robinson discuss the extent to which we control our actions and thoughts, and how all of this relates to the question of moral responsibility. Pamela’s most recent book is Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals (Princeton University Press, 2020).
Pamela’s Website: https://hieronymi.humspace.ucla.edu
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