[Weakness of will].
Addictive behaviours raise the issue how it is possible that a free agent is not able to act according to his own will. Indeed an agent can be defined as "addicted", to a substance or a behaviour, only when he does not succeed in discontinuing despite his will. Namely in the very idea of addiction it is involved the idea of weakness of will. The problem of weakness of will is one of the most intriguing problems posed by human spirit. This paper intends to show some of its manifestations.
Mordini
Emilio
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Dipartimento di Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologia e Puericultura, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma. e.mordini@bioethics.it
D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014836:Volition