The concept of self-control, and its bearing on human behaviour, is examined here, as well as its relationship to personal autonomy and autonomous behaviour.
Alfred R. Mele has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Humanities Center
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The book is a major contribution to the philosophical literature on action, self-control, freedom, and autonomy, and it should be read by anyone with a serious interest in these issues
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PART I 1: Introduction: Self-Control and Personal Autonomy 2: Better Judgement: Nature and Function 3: Exercising Self-Control: A Motivational Problem 4: Self-Control, Akrasia, and Second-Order Desires 5: Self-Control and Belief 6: Self-Control, Akrasia, and Emotion 7: The Upper Reaches of Self-Control and the Ideally Self-Controlled Person PART II 8: Transition: From Self-Control to Autonomy 9: Psychological Autonomy and Personal History 10: Compatibilist Autonomy and Autonomous Action 11: Problems for Libertarians 12: Incompatibilist Autonomy and Autonomous Action 13: Assessing the Denial of Autonomy References Index
