Backsliding [electronic resource] : understanding weakness of will / Alfred R. Mele. Mele, Alfred R., 1951- Akrasia. BJ1468.5 .M45 2012 128.3 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012). People backslide. They freely do things they believe it would be best on the whole not to do - and best from their own point of view, not just the perspective of their peers or their parents. The aim of this book is to explain why that happens. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199896134.001.0001 eng