Conversations with Gwen explores big ideas which are changing, or have the potential to change, public policy and how we live. While ideas are valuable for their own sake, these conversations explore ideas not only as abstract fascination but for their ability to help us live better.
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What if free will is an illusion? What would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law? In our first episode, Gwen tackles these topics with American philosopher Gregg Caruso, whose recent book "Just Deserts" — which he co-authored with the philosopher Daniel Dennett — introduces the concepts central to the debate about free will and moral responsibility.
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Gwen Ngwenya is a South African politician, Head of Policy of the Democratic Alliance, and host of the podcast Conversations with Gwen. As a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance in the Fifth Parliament, she served on the Standing Committee on Finance. She has also served as COO of the South African Institute of Race Relations, Africa's largest classically liberal think tank.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GwenNgwenya
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Gregg D. Caruso is Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning, Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities (NCH London), and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is also Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network housed at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His research focuses on free will, moral responsibility, punishment, philosophy of law, jurisprudence, social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and neurolaw.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreggDCaruso
Just Deserts: https://amzn.to/340xvK9
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