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369 | Gregg Caruso on Living Well Without Free Will
· 1 h 24 min · Episode 369
Episode 369 | Gregg Caruso on Living Well Without Free Will
The worry about debates over free will is that they degenerate into semantics -- what do you mean by "free will," really? But there are important substantive issues that shouldn't be ignored. Do people deserve blame for doing wrong things? Can we make choices that create meaning for our lives? Philosopher Gregg Caruso denies the reality of free will, but is in favor of making good choices, as he discusses in his new book How to Live Well Without Free Will.
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Blog post with transcript: https://preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026/09/28/369-gregg-caruso-on-living-well-without-free-will/
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Gregg Caruso received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the City University of New York. He is currently Professor of Applied Ethics and Management and Director of the Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University, and Scientific Advisor, Center for Justice and Mental Well-Being, Nova Institute for Health. Among his awards are the Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Philosophical Association.
• Web site • Fairfield web page • Google Scholar publications • Amazon author page • PhilPeople profile
Links in the notes 7
- https://www.amazon.com/Live-Well-without-Free-Will/dp/1009553224/
- https://preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026/09/28/369-gregg-caruso-on-living-well-without-free-will/
- https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll
- https://www.fairfield.edu/faculty-and-staff/profile/?username=gcaruso
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W3KgAAgAAAAJ&hl=en
- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregg-D.-Caruso/author/B0071QYHEQ
- https://philpeople.org/profiles/gregg-d-caruso
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