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The will: Interpersonal bargaining versus intrapersonal prediction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Luca Ferrero*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI53201-0413http://www.uwm.edu/~ferrero

Abstract

Ainslie is correct in arguing that the force of commitments partly depends on the predictive role of present action, but this claim can be supported independently of the analogy with interpersonal bargaining. No matter whether we conceive of the parties involved in the bargaining as interests or transient selves, the picture of the will as a competitive interaction among these parties is unconvincing.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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