Rethinking Self-Control

Research on self-control in both philosophy and psychology is thriving. Yet despite a wealth of recent philosophical work on the exercise of self-control, there has been surprisingly little empirically informed work in philosophy on self-control as a psychological trait. This book aims to fill this gap.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Self-Regulation and Self-Control 3. Self-Control-Related Traits 4. Contradictions in Continence 5. Tensions in Temperance 6. High Trait Self-Control and the Indirect Harmony Hypothesis 7. Self-Control, Executive Function, and Effort 8. Self-Control-Related Traits and Human Excellence 9. Conclusion

About the author

Matthew C. Haug is an associate professor of philosophy at William & Mary. He works on issues in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, moral psychology, and related areas. He is the editor of Philosophical Methodology: The Armchair or the Laboratory? (Routledge, 2014).

Summary

Research on self-control in both philosophy and psychology is thriving. Yet despite a wealth of recent philosophical work on the exercise of self-control, there has been surprisingly little empirically informed work in philosophy on self-control as a psychological trait. This book aims to fill this gap.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew C. Haug, Matthew C. (William & Mary Haug, Haug Matthew C.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032710082
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271008-2
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, HISTORY / Ancient / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Ancient History, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500