After the debate, William Lane Craig wrote that "the view Kagan defended in the debate was not his view at all". Instead, Craig wrote, Kagan is a radical consequentialist. Craig also wrote:"I did respond briefly to Prof. Kagan's view, Alexander, but I didn't press the point because our hosts with the Veritas Forum had made it very clear to me that they were not interested in having a knock-down debate but a friendly dialogue that would foster a warm and inviting atmosphere for non-believing students at Columbia. The goal was simply to get the issues out on the table in a congenial, welcoming environment, which I think we did."