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This course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology, and neuroscience.

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Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addiction and compulsion; guilt, shame and regret; evil; self-knowledge and self-deception; and, virtues and character traits.

Course content

    • Egoism Unlimited
    • Egoism: empirical and quasi-empirical issues Unlimited
    • Belief/desire psychology and the Humean theory of motivation Unlimited
    • Bratman on intention Unlimited
    • Velleman on intention Unlimited
    • Akrasia Unlimited
    • Akrasia and desire Unlimited
    • Strength of will: descriptive issues Unlimited
    • Strength of will: normative issues Unlimited
    • Addiction I Unlimited
    • Addiction II Unlimited
    • Free will I Unlimited
    • Free will II Unlimited
    • Free will IV: libertarianism Unlimited
    • Free will III: Strawson Unlimited
    • Free will VI: empirical work Unlimited
    • Free will V: choice Unlimited
    • Identification Unlimited
    • Self-determination theory Unlimited
    • Self-deception Unlimited
    • The metaethical implications of empirical work Unlimited
    • Moral judgment and motivation Unlimited
    • Autism and sociopathy Unlimited
    • Moral luck and the Knobe effect Unlimited
    • Virtue and character Unlimited

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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