Rationale Although increasingly subject to criticism, the brain disease model of addiction
(BDMA) remains dominant within addiction science. Yet few advocates or critics of the …

Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and
better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often …

Normative thinking about addiction has traditionally been divided between, on the one hand,
a medical model which sees addiction as a disease characterized by compulsive and …

Autonomous agents are self-governing agents. But what is a self-governing agent?
Governing oneself is no guarantee that one will have a greater range of options in the future …

La justicia transicional democrática es casi tan antigua como la democracia misma. En 411
aC, y nuevamente en 404-403 aC, los atenienses asistieron al derrocamiento de la …

Emotion and addiction lie on a continuum between simple visceral drives such as hunger,
thirst, and sexual desire at one end and calm, rational decision making at the other …

This book surveys recent debates on freedom of will, incorporating the implications of
modern brain research. The author develops an original, capability-based conception of …

Philosophers and psychologists have been attracted to two differing accounts of addictive
motivation. In this paper, we investigate these two accounts and challenge their mutual claim …

The concept of compulsion, in which addictive behaviour is said to be carried out against the
will, is central to the disease theory of addiction and ubiquitous in modern definitions. The …

We examine the underlying psychological processes that may motivate habitual
entrepreneurs to engage in entrepreneurship repeatedly. By drawing on the psychology …