Rejecting Retributivism by Gregg D. Caruso

And then I just started taking some philosophy courses along the way, fell in with some philosophers who were at the university at the time, and we started some reading groups and I just slowly started to get more interested in philosophy than jazz. I originally wanted to be a jazz musician, and so I went to a college in New Jersey called William Paterson University, primarily because it had one of the best jazz programs in the nation and it was close to New York City where the kind of jazz scene was centered and so I thought that was the track I was on. I didn't actually set out to be a philosopher or to study philosophy. Gregg Yeah, I mean, I guess like most things in life, it was a series of fortuitous events. What brought you to the study of philosophy and criminal justice and then writing this book?

Gregg Yes, thank you for having me, David.ĭavid So first, let's start out with a little bit more about you. He's also a co-director of the Justice Without Retribution Network at the University of Aberdeen School of Law and the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including his wonderful new book that is the topic of our discussion today titled 'Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment and Criminal Justice.” Gregg, welcome.

Gregg is a professor of philosophy at SUNY Corning, visiting fellow at the New College of Humanities in London and honorary professor of philosophy at Macquarie University. I'm your host, David Eil and my guest today is Gregg Caruso. David Hello and welcome to the Probable Causation show about law, economics and crime.

Rejecting Retributivism by Gregg D. Caruso