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Autonomous agents : from self-control to autonomy

Author: Alfred R Mele
Publisher: New york : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book addresses the related topics of self-control and individual autonomy. "Self-control" is defined as the opposite of akrasia - weakness of will. The study of self-control seeks first to understand the concept on its own terms, and its bearing on one's actions, beliefs, emotions, and personal values. It goes on to consider how a proper understanding of self-control and its manifestations can shed light on  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alfred R Mele
ISBN: 0195094549 9780195094541
OCLC Number: 31013153
Description: viii, 271 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction: Self-Control and Personal Autonomy --
2. Better Judgment: 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 --
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.
Responsibility: Alfred R. Mele.
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Abstract:

This book addresses the related topics of self-control and individual autonomy. "Self-control" is defined as the opposite of akrasia - weakness of will. The study of self-control seeks first to understand the concept on its own terms, and its bearing on one's actions, beliefs, emotions, and personal values. It goes on to consider how a proper understanding of self-control and its manifestations can shed light on personal autonomy and autonomous behavior.

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