Self-Control and Planning: A Reply to Williamson

Authors

  • Chrisoula Andreou University of Utah, United States of America

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v17i1.877

Abstract

In Timothy Luke Williamson’s commentary on my article “Micromanagement and Poor Self-Control,” Williamson casts my focus on managerial failures in certain cases of poor self-control “as an especially fruitful tool for addressing problems of poor self-control”; but he suggests that the cases of poor self-control that I view as cases of managerial failure also involve control by a foreign force, in accordance with the “foreign force paradigm,” which I claim is off base in the cases on which I focus. Although I cannot get into Williamson’s entire interesting and elaborate argument, I here question The Weak Planning Perspective, which plays a key role in Williamson’s critical response, with the aim of addressing the issues he raises and shedding some light on why and how our views diverge.

Author Biography

Chrisoula Andreou, University of Utah, United States of America

Chrisoula Andreou is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Utah and an Executive Editor of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. Her research interests are in the areas of practical reasoning, action theory, ethical theory, and applied ethics.

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Published

2024-07-11

How to Cite

Andreou, C. (2024). Self-Control and Planning: A Reply to Williamson. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 17(1), 266–271. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v17i1.877