Philosophical ideas

What are we to make of weakness of the will?

The technical term is akrasia. Is there such a thing? If so, what is it, and how does it affect our lives?

Socrates (left) and Aristotle (right), respectively from za.pinterest.com and drawingskill.com

Back when I was a graduate student in philosophy, at the University of Tennessee, a fellow student brought up — in between shots of vodkas we were having…