Willing, Wanting, Waiting

by Richard Holton

Book Overview

Richard Holton provides a unified account of intention, choice, weakness of will, strength of will, temptation, addiction, and freedom of the will. Drawing on recent psychological research, he argues that, rather than being the pinnacle of rationality, the central components of the will are there to compensate for our inability to make or maintain sound judgments. Choice is understood as the capacity to form intentions even in the absence of judgments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199692289
• ISBN13: 9780199692286
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"