2. Skepticism and Perfectionism II: Weakness of Will

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Resisting, Conspiring, Completing: An Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Narrative of Improvement
6. 1. Skepticism and Perfectionism I: Mechanization and Desire 35
7. 2. Skepticism and Perfectionism II: Weakness of Will 54
8. Interlude: Critical Free Indirect Discourse 84
9. 3. Reading Thoughts: Casuistry and Transfiguration 92
10. Part II. The Moral Psychology of Improvement
11. 4. Perfectly Helpless 123
12. 5. Responsiveness, Knowingness, and John Henry Newman 142
13. 6. The Knowledge of Shame 162
14. 7. On Lives Unled 191
15. Afterword 219
16. Notes 223
17. Bibliography 235
18. Index 251