How is Strength of Will Possible ?
Most recent accounts of will power have tried to explain it as reducible to the operation of beliefs and desires. In opposition to such accounts, this essay argues for a distinct faculty of will power. Considerations from philosophy and from social psychology are used in support.
Keywords: akrasia, intentions, motivation, Humean theory of resolution, strength of will, temptation, weakness of will, will, will power
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