This book provides not only a sustained presentation of one non-causal libertarian view, but also a detailed engagement with objections to it, and an excellent introduction to a substantial body of the current literature on the topic of free will. It makes a significant contribution to that literature and would make an excellent text for a graduate seminar.

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

In Freedom, Teleology, and Evil, Goetz provides a compelling defence of the position, demonstrating that it is worthy of deeper philosophical attention than it generally receives.

Nadine Elzein, University of Southampton, UK, Mind

Stewart Goetz's Freedom, Teleology, and Evil is an impressive defense of a non-causal libertarian view of free will ... Goetz's book is a formidable challenge to these tendencies and worthy of attention by all those interested in free will.

Kevin Timpe, St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, European Journal of Philosophy of Religion

Both familiarizes readers with currant philosophical debates and provides a defense of an original theory with which they can profitably engage ... a good choice for graduate seminars as well as scholars in the field.

Journal of Religious Studies

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

Goetz's remarkable book Freedom, Teleology, and Evil fills a much-needed gap in the contemporary discussion of the metaphysics of human freedom ... His position is presented with great clarity and precision, and difficulties alleged to bedevil the theory are met head-on. The extension of the view into theological issues in the final chapter is also much to be applauded. Many libertarians (including this one) may still have reservations regarding the noncausal approach even after reading this impressive book, but few will (or at least should) still doubt that it is an option worthy of libertarians' most serious consideration.

Thomas Flint, Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame