Understanding moral weakness /:

"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, Ar...

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Main Author: Thero, Daniel P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 183.
Value inquiry book series. Studies in the history of western philosophy.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"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
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 166 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and index.
ISBN:9781429456517
1429456515
9042020784
9789042020788
9789401203425
9401203423