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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789412503321

Titolo

Addiction and responsibility / / edited by Jeffrey Poland and George Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011

©2011

ISBN

0-262-29503-2

1-283-14810-2

9786613148100

0-262-29563-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Philosophical psychopathology : disorders of the mind

Altri autori (Persone)

PolandJeffrey Stephen

GrahamGeorge <1945->

Disciplina

178

Soggetti

Self-control

Responsibility

Psychology, Pathological - Philosophy

Dependency (Psychology)

Compulsive behavior - Psychological aspects

Psychology and philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Drug Addiction as Incentive Sensitization; 3 Free Will as Recursive Self-Prediction; 4 Addiction, Responsibility, and Ego Depletion; 5 Lowering the Bar for Addicts; 6 Decision-Making Capacity and Responsibility in Addiction; 7 Addiction and Criminal Responsibility; 8 Grounding for Understanding Self-Injury as Addiction or (Bad) Habit; 9 Contingency Management Treatments of Drug and Alcohol Use Disorders; 10 Addiction, Paradox, and the Good I Would; 11 What Is It Like to Be an Addict?; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers a range of perspectives on addiction and responsibility and how the two are bound together. Distinguished contributors dicuss questions concerning whether or not we are



responsible for our own addictions and what responsibilities others have to help.