Understanding moral weakness / / Daniel P. Thero
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| Autore: |
Thero Daniel P
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| Titolo: |
Understanding moral weakness / / Daniel P. Thero
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 170 |
| Soggetto topico: | Akrasia |
| Self-control | |
| Will | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- One: The Problem of Moral Weakness -- Two: Socrates -- Three: Aristotle -- Four: Augustine -- Five: Aquinas -- Six: Weak Akrasia -- Seven: Strict Akrasia -- Eight: Habit and Moral Weakness -- Nine: Future Prospects -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding Moral Weakness |
| ISBN: | 94-012-0342-3 |
| 1-4294-5651-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824012903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Value inquiry book series ; ; v. 183.
Value inquiry book series. . -Studies in the history of western philosophy.