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    It is not the case that An agent can act akratically because she is 'charmed' by some aspect of the less good option, causing her to choose what she knows to be worse overall.

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    • 1.Socrates argued in the Protagoras that genuine knowledge of the good is sufficient for right action, making 'charmed' akrasia impossible.
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    • 2.If an agent truly knows option A is worse overall, the 'charm' of A constitutes evidence she lacks full evaluative knowledge, not a failure of will.
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    • 3.What appears as charm-induced akrasia is better explained as incomplete practical reasoning, dissolving the cognitive-affective split the argument assumes.
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    • 1.Davidson's account of akrasia requires that the akratic act be intentional under some description, meaning charm must be expressible as a reason the agent endorses.
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    • 2.If charm functions as a genuine reason the agent endorses, then choosing the charming option does not involve acting against one's all-things-considered judgment.
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    • 3.The claim conflates being causally influenced by a feature with having a reason, smuggling non-rational causation into a domain that requires rational explanation.
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    • 1.There is a distinction between the cognitive element of a choice (knowing which option is better) and the affective element (being attracted to or charmed by an option).
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    • 2.An agent can be charmed by a feature of the less good option even while cognitively recognizing it is worse.
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