PHL205H1 Lecture Notes - Bad Life, Manichaeism, Gluttony
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Phl 205 lecture 6 : the divided will how is the weakness of will possible. We"re getting to the high point of his life (his conversion to christian) How can we account for our weakness of will. In terms of gluttony, i shouldn"t eat too much, yet i can"t help it. The way you account for it says about your moral psychology. There were two employees that he sees promoting god, but he himself can"t do it. Traditional explanations of weakness of will (moral conflict) Socrates (protagoras 345e-358d): moral conflict does not really exist. Nobody acts against what he or she thinks best to do. If he really knew he would do the action. We think ought to act , but we really don"t do it. Plato: there can be genuine moral conflict. Different conflicting motivations can be traced back to different parts of the soul. We have different paths of the soul.
