Linda Radzik
  • Associate Department Head
  • Professor of Philosophy
  • Susanne M. and Melbern G. Glasscock '59 Endowed Professorship II

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 2025 Course Schedule

  • PHIL 111.504-12

  • PHIL 336.500 and 336.900

Office Hours

  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12:45-1:45 pm

  • By Appointment