Linda Radzik
  • Associate Department Head
  • Professor of Philosophy

Areas of Specialization

  • Ethical Theory
  • Philosophy of Law

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

  • Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Biography

Radzik works on moral issues that arise in the aftermath of wrongdoing, including the ethics of forgiveness, reconciliation, criminal punishment, tort law, collective moral responsibility, and the roles third parties play in enforcing and promulgating moral norms. She is the author of Making Amends: Atonement in Morality, Law, and Politics (Oxford, 2009) and The Ethics of Social Punishment: The Enforcement of Morality in Everyday Life (Cambridge, 2020). Radzik is currently interested in how privacy norms both limit and license the practices by which people hold one another accountable for wrongdoing.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Arizona, 1997

Scholarly Achievements

  • The Ethics of Social Punishment: The Enforcement of Morality in Everyday Life (New York: Cambridge, 2020).

  • Making Amends: Atonement in Morality, Law and Politics (New York: Oxford, 2009).

  • Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Fall 2024 Course Schedule

  • Phil 336.500 - Advanced Topics - Philosophy of Law. M, W, F - 9:10-10:00 a.m. - YMCA 109

  • Phil 632.600 - Social & Political Philosophy. T - 6:00-9:00 p.m. - YMCA 401

Office Hours

  • MWF 10:15-11:15 AM