Preface
1. The Importance of Self-Control
2. What is Self-Control?
3. Self-Control and the Law of Desire
4. Mechanisms of Self-Control
5. How is it Possible to Lose Self-Control?
6. Blameworthiness and (the Loss of) Self-Control
7. Externalist Self-Control
8. Pathologies of Self-Control
Conclusion.
Glossary
Index
Biography
Marcela Herdova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida State University, USA.
Stephen Kearns is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida State University, USA.
Neil Levy is a Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Australia, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, UK.
'Self-Control weaves together philosophical analysis and scientific evidence to provide a balanced tour of this important topic. The chapters are concise yet comprehensive and punctuated with concrete examples of self-control - and its failures - from real life and fiction. The authors expertly guide readers through traditional philosophical debates as well as cutting-edge issues, such as pathologies of self-control.' - Josh May, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
