Results for 'gregg d caruso'

1. Gregg D. Caruso

Rejecting Retributivism

'Caruso mounts a series of robust challenges not just to retributivism (his main target) but also to other recent attempts to provide justifying rationalisations of the institution of criminal punishment: the most striking and original of these are the metaphysical and epistemological challenges that he grounds in scepticism about free will and desert. He then develops, in impressive and empirically informed detail, an alternative, 'public health-quarantine' model of crime prevention, grounded in part on the right of self-defence. This aims not only to provide more humanely effective ways of preventing crime, but also to serve the aims of social justice, and to ensure a proper respect for the interests and the dignity of offenders. Those who want to defend the practice of criminal punishment will need to meet Caruso's challenges, while those who wonder whether and how we could do without this practice will find imaginative food for thought in his proposals.' Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

1. Gregg D. Caruso

Rejecting Retributivism

'Caruso mounts a series of robust challenges not just to retributivism (his main target) but also to other recent attempts to provide justifying rationalisations of the institution of criminal punishment: the most striking and original of these are the metaphysical and epistemological challenges that he grounds in scepticism about free will and desert. He then develops, in impressive and empirically informed detail, an alternative, 'public health-quarantine' model of crime prevention, grounded in part on the right of self-defence. This aims not only to provide more humanely effective ways of preventing crime, but also to serve the aims of social justice, and to ensure a proper respect for the interests and the dignity of offenders. Those who want to defend the practice of criminal punishment will need to meet Caruso's challenges, while those who wonder whether and how we could do without this practice will find imaginative food for thought in his proposals.' Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

1. Daniel C. Dennett
2. Gregg D. Caruso

Just Deserts

“(A) spirited debate exploring multiple aspects of free will, moral responsibility, and punishment…Dennett and Caruso forcefully defend their opposing viewpoints, and the reader becomes engrossed in the twists and turns of the competing arguments.”Los Angeles Review of Books“Just Deserts is a delight: a sharp and interesting discussion of punishment, morality, choice, and much else ... perfect for a newcomer to the free will debates.Paul Bloom, Yale University, author of Against Empathy “This is a very lively, engaging, and thoughtful debate between two well-informed and insightful philosophers. It is written in a very accessible style, and students and even scholars in other disciplines or sub-fields of philosophy will learn from it and find themselves drawn in. It does not just re-hash traditional debates, but pushes the frontiers outward. Highly recommended.”John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at UC Riverside “What it means to make a choice, to deserve praise or blame, to do the right thing - these are all at stake in the debate over free will. Here you will find two different viewpoints, elaborated and defended by true masters. Given the sharpness of both interlocutors, neither has anywhere to hide; a wide spectrum of important points are laid out for careful consideration.”Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself “A philosophical debate in the grand style. Caruso and Dennett play in the philosophical equivalent of a three set tennis championship where the prize is whether free will exists or not and what this means for reward, punishment, and the criminal law. Serve, volley, amazing gets, overheads, long rallies, a few trick shots, several match points. Really smart play from two philosophers at the top of their games.”Owen Flanagan, James B. Duke Distinguished University Professor, Duke University “This is a spirited and enlightening debate between an influential defender of compatibilism about freedom, responsibility and determinism (Dennett) and an astute defender of a hard incompatibilist or free will skeptical position (Caruso). The book breaks new ground on many issues; and it has made clearer to me than anything else I have ever read on the subject how central is the issue of "Just Deserts" to age-old debates about free will, moral responsibility and determinism.”Robert Kane, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Law, University of Texas at Austin“It reminds you just how important and difficult and vitally alive philosophical debate can be.”Jenann T. Ismael, Columbia University, author of How Physics Makes Us Free “Vigorous”Nature “'Lucky us. These are two of the top philosophers in the world on this subject... They are witty, respectful, and well acquainted with one another’s work. And they write informally and at times emotionally with one another. It produces a literally page-turning experience, like an epistolary novel, where I couldn’t stop myself at times from flipping ahead to see how one or the other would react to what was being said”3 Quarks Daily“A scintillating exchange.”Stuart Jeffries, Philosophy Now

1. Daniel C. Dennett
2. Gregg D. Caruso

Just Deserts

“(A) spirited debate exploring multiple aspects of free will, moral responsibility, and punishment…Dennett and Caruso forcefully defend their opposing viewpoints, and the reader becomes engrossed in the twists and turns of the competing arguments.”Los Angeles Review of Books“Just Deserts is a delight: a sharp and interesting discussion of punishment, morality, choice, and much else ... perfect for a newcomer to the free will debates.Paul Bloom, Yale University, author of Against Empathy “This is a very lively, engaging, and thoughtful debate between two well-informed and insightful philosophers. It is written in a very accessible style, and students and even scholars in other disciplines or sub-fields of philosophy will learn from it and find themselves drawn in. It does not just re-hash traditional debates, but pushes the frontiers outward. Highly recommended.”John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at UC Riverside “What it means to make a choice, to deserve praise or blame, to do the right thing - these are all at stake in the debate over free will. Here you will find two different viewpoints, elaborated and defended by true masters. Given the sharpness of both interlocutors, neither has anywhere to hide; a wide spectrum of important points are laid out for careful consideration.”Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself “A philosophical debate in the grand style. Caruso and Dennett play in the philosophical equivalent of a three set tennis championship where the prize is whether free will exists or not and what this means for reward, punishment, and the criminal law. Serve, volley, amazing gets, overheads, long rallies, a few trick shots, several match points. Really smart play from two philosophers at the top of their games.”Owen Flanagan, James B. Duke Distinguished University Professor, Duke University “This is a spirited and enlightening debate between an influential defender of compatibilism about freedom, responsibility and determinism (Dennett) and an astute defender of a hard incompatibilist or free will skeptical position (Caruso). The book breaks new ground on many issues; and it has made clearer to me than anything else I have ever read on the subject how central is the issue of "Just Deserts" to age-old debates about free will, moral responsibility and determinism.”Robert Kane, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Law, University of Texas at Austin“It reminds you just how important and difficult and vitally alive philosophical debate can be.”Jenann T. Ismael, Columbia University, author of How Physics Makes Us Free “Vigorous”Nature “'Lucky us. These are two of the top philosophers in the world on this subject... They are witty, respectful, and well acquainted with one another’s work. And they write informally and at times emotionally with one another. It produces a literally page-turning experience, like an epistolary novel, where I couldn’t stop myself at times from flipping ahead to see how one or the other would react to what was being said”3 Quarks Daily“A scintillating exchange.”Stuart Jeffries, Philosophy Now

Ted Honderich on Consciousness, Determinism, and Humanity

This collection of original essays brings together a world-class lineup of philosophers to provide the most comprehensive critical treatment of Ted Honderich’s philosophy, focusing on three major areas of his work: (1) his theory of consciousness;

Free Will Skepticism in Law and Society

Elizabeth Shaw is a lecturer in criminal law and criminology at the University of Aberdeen, where she is also a co-director of the Justice Without Retribution Network. Derk Pereboom is Susan Linn Sage Professor in the Sage School of Philosophy and Senior Associate Dean of the Arts and Humanities at Cornell University. He is the author of Living Without Free Will (Cambridge, 2001), Consciousness and the Prospects of Physicalism (2011), and Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life (2014). Gregg D. Caruso is Professor of Philosophy at Corning Community College, State University of New York and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is also a co-director of the Justice Without Retribution Network at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His books include Free Will and Consciousness (2012) and Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility (2013).