The Weakness of the Will

1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-0-415-03435-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Problems of Philosophy

First Published in 2004. Since before Plato, philosophers have puzzled over why it is that people will sometimes deliberately take the worst course of action. The book begins by examining the various theories put forward by Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and a selection of medieval philosophers and discusses how and why later philosophers avoid the problem. In the second section, Justin Gosling argues that familiar ways of viewing the problem mislocate the apparent irrationality of weakness. The author then moves on to the traditional cases of being overcome by passion to argue for a further sense in which weakness may be thought irrational, and to open up an unusually wide field of examples for consideration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gosling, Justin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1 I The Protagoras II The Plausibility of Socrates III Aristotle IV How Socratic is Aristotle? V The Stoics VI Aquinas and Others VII The Post-Medievals Part 2 VIII What is the Problem? IX Akrasia and Irrationality X Passionate Akrasia XI Moral Weakness XII Willing, Trying and Wanting XIII Varieties of Weakness XIV Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Justin Gosling