Having been very Catholic for a good chunk of my life, I tended to categorize my akrasia in the “fundamental defect” category up until about last year. Seeing it as something lots of smart people struggle with was helpful, as was seeing the ‘engineering’ model of correcting it as opposed to the ‘strength of character’ model.
Anyhow, don’t worry about skewing the average by giving your honest experience. Nobody’s results are perfectly typical.
Having been very Catholic for a good chunk of my life, I tended to categorize my akrasia in the “fundamental defect” category up until about last year. Seeing it as something lots of smart people struggle with was helpful, as was seeing the ‘engineering’ model of correcting it as opposed to the ‘strength of character’ model.
Anyhow, don’t worry about skewing the average by giving your honest experience. Nobody’s results are perfectly typical.
I wasn’t so much concerned about skewing the results as that the scale didn’t fit my experience.
The book might be more likely to be useful for people with Catholic backgrounds.