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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[2020]
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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 |
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Augustine
B Irrationality B Weakness of will B Akrasia B Practical identity |
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