Akrasia and traitors

Abstract Bar Luzon argues that akrasia is irrational because it leads to violating a principle called Avoid Treachery. In response, I argue that Avoid Treachery is insufficiently motivated, that it presupposes a picture of rational inference that defenders of akrasia have independent reason to reject, and that there are models in which Avoid Treachery is false.

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The Philosophical Quarterly
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2025-07-24
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https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaf062
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Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Akrasia and traitors

Brian Weatherson
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Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Akrasia and traitors

Brian Weatherson
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Abstract

Abstract Bar Luzon argues that akrasia is irrational because it leads to violating a principle called Avoid Treachery. In response, I argue that Avoid Treachery is insufficiently motivated, that it presupposes a picture of rational inference that defenders of akrasia have independent reason to reject, and that there are models in which Avoid Treachery is false.

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