Understanding Moral Weakness /

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, Aristotl...

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Main Author: Thero, Daniel P. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2006.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Value Inquiry Book Series ; 183.

Subjects:

Ethics.

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Call Number: BJ1012

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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789401203425
9789042020788