Abstract: Traditional, Aristotelian conceptions of actions that manifest self-control and actions that manifest weakness of will (akrasia) feature evaluative judgments. This chapter defends modest revisions of those conceptions that feature such judgments and apply to orthodox and unorthodox species of both kinds of action. It is argued that neither akratic nor self-controlled action is properly analyzed in terms of higher-order desires or higher-order preferences. A judgment-featuring account of what it is to be a self-controlled person is developed.

Keywords: akrasia, Aristotle, evaluative judgments, higher-order desires, higher-order preferences, self-control, weakness of will,