Core Reading
David Velleman What Good is a Will? pp. 1 - 15
Core Readings
David Velleman What Good is a Will?
Michael Bratman 'Intention, Belief, Practical, Theoretical'
For Bratman's take on how to relate acting intentionally to acting with an intention see 'Two Faces of Intention' Philosophical Review (1984) JSTOR
To see the whole of Bratman's position there is no alternative to reading Intention, Plans and Practical Reason; but for a good summary see the review by David Velleman in the Philosophical Review 1991, JSTOR
For alternatives that try to accommodate intentions within a belief/desire framework see:
David Velleman, Chapter Four of Practical Reflection, and for criticism, Rae Langton 'Intention as Faith'
Notes on Davidson's account of akrasia Lloyd Humberstone 'Wanting, Getting, Having', Philosophical Papers 19 (1990) Berridge and Robinson 'The Mind of an Addicted Brain' Current Directions in Psychological Science 4/3 (1995)
Week Four: Weakness of Will Readings
Week Five: Strength of Will, Descriptive Issues Readings
R. Holton 'How is Strength of Will Possible?' in S. Stroud and C Tappolet (eds.) Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality (Oxford University Press, 2003). [Acrobat version] Week Six: Strength of Will, Normative Issues Core Reading
M. Bratman 'Toxin, Temptation and the Stability of Intention' in Faces of Intention pp. 58-90. J. Broome, 'Are Intentions Reasons? And How Should We Cope with Incommensurable Values?', in C. Morris and A. Ripstein (eds.), Practical Rationality and Preference: Essays for David Gauthier (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001) pp. 98-120. Online version R. Holton 'Rational Resolve' forthcoming in The Philosophical Review [Acrobat version]Week Seven: Addiction Core Reading
Berridge and Robinson 'The Mind of an Addicted Brain' Current Directions in Psychological Science 4/3 (1995) G. Watson, 'Disordered Appetites' in his Agency and Answerability (NB this pdf isn't blank as it first appears: rotate 90 anticlockwise) -- 'Excusing Addiction' Law and Philosophy vol. 18 no. 6 (1999) 589-619 (if the link doesn't work, available electronically via Vera). Additional Reading
G. Becker and K Murphy, A Theory of Rational Addiction, Journal of Political Economy 96 (1988) 675-700 (if the link doesn't work, available electronically via Vera). Session Eight: Free Will Core Reading
Harry Frankfurt Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility Gary Watson 'Free Action and Free Will', Mind 96 (1987)Week Nine: Strawson Core Readings
Susan Wolf, 'The Importance of Freewill' Mind 90 (1981) Gary Watson, Responsibility and the Limits of Evil
Week Ten: Libertarianism, Choice Readings
E. Nahmias et al. 'The Phenomenology of Free Will' Richard Holton, 'The Act of Choice'
Week Eleven: Identification Readings:
Scanlon, 'Reasons and Passions', Contours of Agency, eds. Buss and Overton Moran, 'Frankfurt on Identification', Contours of Agency, eds. Buss and Overton Deci, E. L. & Ryan, R. M. (1987). 'The support of autonomy and the control of behavior', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 1024-1037.
Further reading: Week Twelve: Self-Deception Readings:
R. Holton, 'What is the role of the self in self-deception?' Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 2000/1. Acrobat version Daniel Dyke The Mystery of Selfe-Deceiving , a scan of the Bodleian edition of 1614, from the Early English Books Online database, for anyone who gets seriously interested.
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