Understanding moral weakness

By:

"Thero, Daniel P."

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York; Rodopi; 2006Description: 166pISBN:

9789042020788

Subject(s):

Philosophy

DDC classification:

185 THE

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.

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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.

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