I think that’s a good explanation. I agree that the solution to Akrasia I describe is kind of hacked together and is far from ideal. If you have a better solution to this I would be very interested and it would change my attitude to status significantly. I suspect that this is the largest inferential gap you would have to cross to get your point across to me, although as I mentioned I’m not sure how central I am as an example.
I’m not sure suffering is the correct frame here—I don’t really feel like Akrasia causes me to suffer. If I give in then I feel a bit disappointed with myself but the agent which wants me to be a better person isn’t very emotional (which I think is part of the problem). Again there may be an inferential gap here.
I think that’s a good explanation. I agree that the solution to Akrasia I describe is kind of hacked together and is far from ideal. If you have a better solution to this I would be very interested and it would change my attitude to status significantly. I suspect that this is the largest inferential gap you would have to cross to get your point across to me, although as I mentioned I’m not sure how central I am as an example.
I’m not sure suffering is the correct frame here—I don’t really feel like Akrasia causes me to suffer. If I give in then I feel a bit disappointed with myself but the agent which wants me to be a better person isn’t very emotional (which I think is part of the problem). Again there may be an inferential gap here.