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Backsliding : understanding weakness of will / Alfred R. Mele.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mele, Alfred R., 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Akrasia.
- Human behavior.
- Social psychology.
- Behavior.
- Intention.
- Psychology, Social.
- Psychology, Developmental.
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavior.
- Intention.
- Psychology, Social.
- Psychology, Developmental.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 145 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Understanding weakness of will
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- People backslide. They freely do things they believe it would be best on the whole not to do - and best from their own point of view, not just the perspective of their peers or their parents. The aim of this book is to explain why that happens.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Weakness of will and akrasia
- Weakness and compulsion
- Accounting for backsliding: background and more
- Self-control
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-936664-0
- 1-280-49885-4
- 9786613594082
- 0-19-989614-3
- OCLC:
- 794176609
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