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    Therefore akrasia can be explained by the weakness or non... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Akrasia (acting against one's better judgment) is possible because some parts of the soul are indifferent to the good and can motivate actions that do not aim at what is good.

    Therefore akrasia can be explained by the weakness or non-activation of reason itself, without positing soul-parts that are constitutively indifferent to goodness.

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