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    If the akratic agent acts on a real reason (however subor... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Akratic action is necessarily irrational, though genuinely possible.

    If the akratic agent acts on a real reason (however subordinate), the action is not strictly irrational but rather weakly rational in a partition of motivational states.

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    • 1.Akratic agents possess multiple, conflicting desire-sets; acting on any genuine desire shows rationality within that motivational partition.
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    • 2.Strict irrationality requires acting on no reason at all; subordinate reasons are still reasons, so akratic action meets minimal rationality criteria.
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    • 3.Distinguishing weak from strict irrationality preserves explanatory power: akrasia differs meaningfully from impulsive chaos or pathological compulsion.
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    • 1.If an agent's better judgment identifies a weightier reason, acting on a subordinate reason while ignoring it constitutes a failure of rational integration.
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    • 2.Calling akratic action 'weakly rational' conflates having-a-reason with acting-rationally; irrationality consists precisely in this disconnect.
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    • 3.The partition model risks trivializing irrationality: any action becomes rational if we carve motivational states narrowly enough to include it.
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