No one has written more insightfully on the promises and perils of human agency than Gary Watson, who has spent a career thinking about issues such as moral responsibility, blame, free will, addiction, and psychopathy. This special edition of OSAR pays tribute to Watson's work by taking up and extending themes from his pioneering essays

• Introduction


• 1: Michael McKenna: Watsonian Compatibilism


• 2: Susan Wolf: Attributability and the Self


• 3: Pamela Hieronymi: I'll Bet You Think This Blame is About You


• 4: R. Jay Wallace: Moral Address: What it Is, Why it Matters


• 5: Michael Smith: Gary Watson: Strawsonian


• 6: T. M. Scanlon: Learning from Psychopaths


• 7: Jeanette Kennett: Competence, Attributability and Blame: Resolving the Responsibility of the Psychopath


• 8: R. A. Duff: Moral and Criminal Responsibility: Answering and Refusing to Answer


• 9: Gideon Yaffe: Compromised Addicts


• 10: Gary Watson: Second Thoughts


• 11: Transcript of an interview with Gary Watson, conducted by Sarah Buss

D. Justin Coates is Associate Professor at the University of Houston, specializing in philosophy of action and ethics. He co-edited Blame: Its Nature and Norms (2013), and his work has appeared in journals such as Philosophical Studies, American Philosophical Quarterly, and British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
Neal A. Tognazzini is Associate Professor at Western Washington University. He works at the intersection of metaphysics and ethics on issues of human agency and interpersonal relationships. He co-edited Blame: Its Nature and Norms (OUP 2013) and his work has appeared in journals such as Nous, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Ethics.