Dialogues on Free Will

Dialogues on Free Will presents a lively debate that will interest anyone wanting to think seriously about what free will requires and whether or not we have it.

Laura W. Ekstrom is Chancellor Professor of Philosophy at William & Mary. She is the author of Evil and Theodicy (2023), God, Suffering, and the Value of Free Will (2021), and Free Will: A Philosophical Study (2000), as well as numerous academic articles.

Prologue Part I: The Case for Free Will Day 1: Does religion show that we have free will? Day 2: Does interpersonal moral responsibility show that we have free will? Day 3: Does our humanity show that we have free will? Day 4: Does love show that we have free will? Day 5: Does the feeling of freely choosing show that we have free will? Part II: The Case Against Free Will Day 6: Does God's existence show that we do not have free will? Day 7: Does causal determinism show that we do not have free will? Day 8: Does causal indeterminism show that we do not have free will? Day 9: Does social psychology show that we do not have free will? Day 10: Does neuroscience show that we do not have free will? Conclusion: Day 11: Summing Up Index