Ebook: Understanding moral weakness
Author: Thero Daniel P
- Tags: Ethics. Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY -- Social. PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
- Series: Value inquiry book series 183., Value inquiry book series. Studies in the history of western philosophy
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Rodopi
- City: New York, Amsterdam
- Language: English
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"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