Weakness of Will and Practical Identity

In this article, I develop an Augustinian response to some contemporary philosophical proposals concerning the problem of weakness of will. I argue that many philosophers tend to cast the problem in terms of irrationality, focusing on psychological components such as judgment, desire, and resolution...

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Main Author: Jung, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2020]
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 463-478
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBE Anthropology
VA Philosophy
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Irrationality
B Weakness of will
B Akrasia
B Practical identity
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