Gary Watson

Gary Watson is one of the country’s leading philosophers, whose writings have shaped our understanding of the nature of moral agency, moral responsibility, freedom of action, and freedom of the will. His interest in concepts of legal responsibility target the relations between moral and criminal responsibility and the criminal law’s conceptions of moral agency.

Articles and Book Chapters

• “Psychopathic Agency and Prudential Deficits,” 113 Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 269 (2013) Part 3.
• “Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme,” in The Philosophy of Free Will: Essential Readings from the Contemporary Debates (Paul Russell and Oisin Deery, eds., Oxford University Press, 2013).
• “Asymmetry and Rational Ability,” Book Symposium:  Making Sense of Freedom and Responsibility, 86 Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 467 (2013).
• “The Insanity Defense,” in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Law (Andrei Marmor, ed., Routledge, 2012).

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV
January 16, 2019
Re: Camille Gear Rich

Camille Gear Rich was interviewed about the university's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week. "Everyone has some issue of difference that they're negotiating," said Gear Rich. "if we can use those things as a bridge to start having these broader conversations, then everyone feels included and feels like they have something to offer."

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP

Dorothy S. Lund
November, 2018

"Sexual Harassment and Corporate Law", Berkeley Sustainable Business and Investment Forum Academic Roundtable, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

Daniel Klerman
November, 2018

“Contingent Fees and Access to Justice,” Faculty Colloquium, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN.

Daniel Klerman
November, 2018

"Contingent Fees and Access to Justice" (with Eric Helland), Civil Procedure Workshop, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA.