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Understanding Moral Weakness (Value Inquiry Book Series)

By Daniel , P. Thero

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
9042020784, 9789042020788, 9781429456517
Open Library ID
OL9099864M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
700 kB (716515 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
191\191
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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. Studies in the History of Western Philosophy (SHWP) welcomes historical examinations of the nature and development of Western philosophical activity from ancient Greece onward. It promotes understanding of philosophy as a living activity instead of as a system. General philosophical problems and individual authors are studied by the special series within the contexts of time, location, intellectual life, political situation, and cultural movement.

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