Daniel Speak is a contemporary American philosopher at Loyola Marymount University working primarily in philosophy of religion, free will, and moral responsibility. He is known for arguing that debates over free will are inextricably entangled with broader questions in metaphysics and normative ethics. His work examines the problem of evil and the conditions under which agents can be held morally responsible.
Authored The Problem of Evil (2015, Polity Press), a systematic treatment of theodicy and anti-theodicy arguments
Argued that free will disputes cannot be resolved without settling prior metaphysical and ethical commitments
Contributed to debates on moral responsibility and the relationship between compatibilism and normative theory
Engaged with Frankfurt cases and their implications for alternative possibilities
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