Autonomous Agents

From Self-Control to Autonomy

AvAlfred R. Mele

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:1995-10-05
Mått:162 x 243 x 21 mm
Vikt:604 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195094541

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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

Innehållsförteckning

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

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