Freedom, Teleology, and Evil

Stewart Goetz is the Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, USA. His previous books include The Soul Hypothesis (co-edited with Mark Baker, 2011), A Brief History of the Soul (co-authored with Charles Taliaferro, 2011), The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective (2012), The Routledge Companion to Theism (co-edited with Charles Taliaferro and Victoria Harrison, 2012), and A Philosophical Walking Tour with C. S. Lewis (2015). He is the Series Editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Religion.

'Goetz's book Freedom, Teleology, and Evil is highly original and, indeed, unique in that it is a systematic defense of a non-causal approach to agency, including free will and moral responsibility.  The critical arguments are probing, and Goetz's positive suggestions are provocative and important.  I highly recommend this book.'  - John Martin Fischer, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Noncausal Agency Chapter 3: Noncausal Agency and Its Critics Chapter 4: Noncausal Agency and Problems of Luck Chapter 5: The Principle of Alternative Possibilities Chapter 6: Self-forming Choices, Life Plans, and the Problem of Evil