Episode 93: Freedom and Responsibility (Strawson vs. Strawson)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2014

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

On P.F. Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment" (1960), Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" (1994), and Gary Watson's "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme" (1987). With guest Tamler Sommers.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the partially examined life, a philosophy podcast by some guys who
0:11.2	are at one point set on doing philosophy for a living, with them thought better of it.
0:15.0	A question for episode 93 is something like, do we really have free will?
0:19.0	It will be discussing Peter Strassin's Freedom and Resentment from 1960, his son, Galen
0:23.6	Strassin's, the impossibility of moral responsibility from 1994, Gary Watson's, Responsibility and
0:29.7	Limits of Evil, Variations on Strassonian Themes in 1987, and we may also refer to Thomas
0:35.4	Nagel's Moral Lock from 1979.
0:37.9	We can join the discussion and get the texts and lots more information at ParsleyExaminedLife.com.
0:42.4	This is Mark Linton-Mire and Madison, Wisconsin.
0:45.6	This is Seth Paskin in Austin, Texas.
0:48.8	This is Wes Owen in Boston, Massachusetts.
0:51.3	This is Tamler Summers in Houston, Texas.
0:54.4	Welcome Tamler from the very Bad Wizards Podcast.
0:57.2	Yeah, welcome.
0:58.7	You may have heard him on the pre-cognition for this episode.
1:01.2	Thanks for doing that, Tamler.
1:02.6	The talking into a microphone by myself just was very uncomfortable, but I'm glad you
1:07.8	guys got something out of it.
1:09.2	Yes, that was very helpful.
1:10.6	I thought we'd start with the Galen Strassin article just like you did on the pre-cogn.
1:14.0	Yeah, I mean, I thought this set up the problem really nicely, even though it's the most
1:18.2	recent of all the articles.
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