Barbara H. Fried

Barbara H. Fried, William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, is author of The Progressive Assault on Laissez Faire: Robert Hale and the First Law and Economics Movement. She is also a member of the board of the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University.

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Beyond Blame

The philosophy of personal responsibility has ruined criminal justice and economic policy. It’s time to move past blame.

Barbara H. Fried

Response: The Limits of Personal Responsibility

Public conversations must acknowledge the limits of human rationality.

Barbara H. Fried

Response: Beyond Blame — Final Response

I am skeptical about claims of moral blameworthiness.

Barbara H. Fried

Response: Emotional Empathy Is Not the Culprit

What we need is not less empathy but more rationality.

Barbara H. Fried