Addiction and Compulsion

In C. Sandis (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. pp. 267–273 (2010)
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addiction and compulsion   addiction, in its clinically significant form ‐ characterized by loss of control over reward‐seeking behavior   folk‐psychological understanding of compulsion ‐ agent compelled to perform an action by an irresistible desire   idea that addicts are (folk‐psychologically) ‐ compelled to take their drugs   ego‐depletion hypothesis, self‐control ‐ called ego strength, a deplatable resource   good evidence that ego‐depletion ‐ involves a reduction of self–control resources   ego‐depletion leading to alteration in agent's ‘all‐things‐considered’ judgment, how it is best to act   empirical evidence, supporting the view that continued resistance is motivationally open to agent   addicts, typically lacking motivational resources ‐ to resist temptation to consume

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