Understanding moral weakness
Thero, Daniel P
"This book considers the common human predicament that we often choose an action other than the one we perceive to be best. Philosophers know this problem as akrasia. The author develops a nuanced understanding of the nature and causes of akrasia by integrating the best insights of Socrates, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, and several contemporary philosophers."--Jacket.
Abstract: "This book considers the common human predicament that we often choose an action other than the one we perceive to be best. Philosophers know this problem as akrasia. The author develops a nuanced understanding of the nature and causes of akrasia by integrating the best insights of Socrates, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, and several contemporary philosophers."--Jacket
Abstract: "This book considers the common human predicament that we often choose an action other than the one we perceive to be best. Philosophers know this problem as akrasia. The author develops a nuanced understanding of the nature and causes of akrasia by integrating the best insights of Socrates, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, and several contemporary philosophers."--Jacket
Year:
2006
Publisher:
Rodopi
Language:
english
Pages:
166
ISBN 10:
9401203423
ISBN 13:
9789401203425
Series:
Value inquiry book series 183.; Value inquiry book series. Studies in the history of western philosophy
File:
PDF, 695 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2006