The article discusses the concept of akrasia, which is defined as a condition when one acts contrary to his or her convictions due to weakness. The views of philosophers G. E. M. Anscombe and Aristotle about akrasia are tackled. It presents an example of akrasia in a biblical story, in which Saint Peter denied any relationship with Jesus Christ when the latter was under arrest. The feelings and views of Saint Peter, who is referred as the akratês, about his own action of infidelity to Jesus Christ are examined.peer-reviewe
Many scholars have suggested that Plato’s accounts of akrasia in the Protagoras and The Republic are...
The study of akrasia or incontinence which Aristotle opens in Nicomachean Ethics VII is one of the f...
This paper argues that Epictetus’ ethics involves three features which are also present in Aristotle...
The concept of akrasia is the idea that one could consciously act against one’s own best interests. ...
My answer to the question asked in the paper’s title is: akratic action-acting contrary to what one ...
This paper presents an account of akrasia, drawn from the work of William James, that sees akrasia a...
When an agent acts contrary to his, all-things-considered, best judgment while he is able to do the ...
Aquinas’s analyses of akrasia can be divided into two: the discussions in his theological works and ...
Akratic actions are often being thought to instantiate a paradigmatic self-control failure. . If we ...
An akrates acts against his own judgment intentionally, i.e. according with his own judgment. How ca...
Akrasia, or weak-will, is a term denoting a phenomenon when one acts freely and intentionally contra...
In Nicomachean Ethics VII Aristotle describes akrasia as a disposition. Taking into account that it ...
I argue that, for Aristotle, akratic actions are against one's general commitment to act in accordan...
Contemporary analytic philosophers tend to see akrasia, or acting against one’s better judgement, as...
A long-standing debate among moral philosophers centers on the question of whether ignorance is alwa...
Many scholars have suggested that Plato’s accounts of akrasia in the Protagoras and The Republic are...
The study of akrasia or incontinence which Aristotle opens in Nicomachean Ethics VII is one of the f...
This paper argues that Epictetus’ ethics involves three features which are also present in Aristotle...
The concept of akrasia is the idea that one could consciously act against one’s own best interests. ...
My answer to the question asked in the paper’s title is: akratic action-acting contrary to what one ...
This paper presents an account of akrasia, drawn from the work of William James, that sees akrasia a...
When an agent acts contrary to his, all-things-considered, best judgment while he is able to do the ...
Aquinas’s analyses of akrasia can be divided into two: the discussions in his theological works and ...
Akratic actions are often being thought to instantiate a paradigmatic self-control failure. . If we ...
An akrates acts against his own judgment intentionally, i.e. according with his own judgment. How ca...
Akrasia, or weak-will, is a term denoting a phenomenon when one acts freely and intentionally contra...
In Nicomachean Ethics VII Aristotle describes akrasia as a disposition. Taking into account that it ...
I argue that, for Aristotle, akratic actions are against one's general commitment to act in accordan...
Contemporary analytic philosophers tend to see akrasia, or acting against one’s better judgement, as...
A long-standing debate among moral philosophers centers on the question of whether ignorance is alwa...
Many scholars have suggested that Plato’s accounts of akrasia in the Protagoras and The Republic are...
The study of akrasia or incontinence which Aristotle opens in Nicomachean Ethics VII is one of the f...
This paper argues that Epictetus’ ethics involves three features which are also present in Aristotle...